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Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake
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Jeff Newman |
Should you ever find yourself at Camp Green Lake-or somewhere similar-this is the guide for you. Stanley Yelnats (Caveman, to some of you) offers anecdotes and advice on everything from digging the p… |
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Resistance Behind Bars
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Victoria Law |
In 1974, women imprisoned at New York's maximum-security prison at Bedford Hills staged what is known as the August Rebellion. Protesting the brutal beating of a fellow prisoner, the women fought off… |
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Crime and criminals
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William Dudley |
Presents opposing viewpoints on various issues involving crime and criminals, including the causes of crime, treatment of criminals, and gun control. |
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Preparing for a career in public safety
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J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company |
Explores the career opportunities in the field of public safety, provides a detailed look at eight specific occupations, discussing education and training needed, skills required and salary ranges, … |
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Prisons
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Ann E. Weiss |
Discusses the current prison system and such problems as arbitrary sentencing, overcrowding, and the treatment of juvenile offenders. |
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Inside private prisons
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Lauren-Brooke Eisen |
"When the tough-on-crime politics of the 1980s overcrowded state prisons, private companies saw potential profit in building and operating correctional facilities. Today more than a hundred thousand … |
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Punishment and Prisons
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Joe Sim |
Punishment and Prisons is a scholarly, powerful and inspirational critique. With passion and humanity, Joe Sim strips neo-liberal penal policies of their reformist pretensions and demonstrates that p… |
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Incarceration nations
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Baz Dreisinger |
"Beginning in Africa and ending in Europe, Incarceration Nations is a first-person odyssey through the prison systems of the world. Professor, journalist, and founder of the Prison-to-College-Pipelin… |
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What's wrong with the criminal justice system
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Peter J. Benekos,Alida V. Merlo |
xiv, 207 p. : 26 cm |
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Instead of prison
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Bertha Davis |
Discusses how criminals are charged, sentenced, and incarcerated, the different philosophies and goals behind these measures, and ways criminals are currently rehabilitated outside of prisons. |
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