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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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Juvenile crime
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Jenny Vaughan |
"Discusses the media treatment of crime worldwide, including issues of media pressure, privacy, discrimination, and scandals"--Provided by publisher. |
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Unusually cruel
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Marc Morjé Howard |
The United States incarcerates far more people than any other country in the world, at rates nearly ten times higher than other liberal democracies. Indeed, while the U.S. is home to 5 percent of the… |
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Kickback
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Ace Atkins |
"P.I. Spenser, knight-errant of the Back Bay, returns in this stellar addition to the iconic New York Times-bestselling series from author Ace Atkins. What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year… |
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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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Do prisons make us safer?
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Russell Sage Foundation |
"Do Prisons Make Us Safer? asks whether it makes sense to maintain such a large and costly prison system. The contributors expand the scope of previous analyses to Include a number of underexplored d… |
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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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Evaluative research in correctional drug abuse treatment
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Robert J. Wicks,Jerome J. Platt |
xv, 203 p. ; 24 cm |
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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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The little book of restorative justice
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Howard Zehr |
"The seminal work on Restorative Justice by one of the founders of the movement, now fully revised and updated. In a time of bitter differences and deep division, how should we as a society respond t… |
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Corrections officer exam study guide
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Corrections Officer Exam Prep Team |
191 pages ; 28 cm |
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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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Kind and usual punishment
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Jessica Mitford |
Examination of the American prison system based on research made on both sides of prison walls, from letters and reports sent by inmates and from interviews with institution officers. |
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Stolen years
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Reuven Fenton |
There is a grisly murder in your neighborhood. You stand outside with your neighbors and watch, or maybe you peek out your curtains. Hours pass, then days, maybe years. Then one day there is a knock … |
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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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Just punishment
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David Robins |
Surveys how justice is practiced in many different countries, and examines prison life and sentencing policies. |
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