The expanding prison : the crisis in crime and punishment and the search for alternatives /
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Toronto :
House of Anansi Press,
1998.
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Table of Contents:
- I. The Prison Boom
- 1. The Expanding Prison
- 2. Crime Control in the United States: "Trail 'em, Surveil 'em, Nail 'em, and Jail 'em"
- 3. Perception and Reality in Crime Policy
- 4. Rituals of Repression
- II. Imprisonment and Society
- 5. Something Must Be Done: Rationales for Imprisonment
- 6. The Real World of Imprisonment
- 7. God Is Himself Law
- 8. A Perpetual Solitude and Seclusion
- 9. A Sea Change
- III. Some Promising Alternatives
- 10. Crime Control and Community
- 11. Rights and Reservations
- 12. From Guilt to Obligation: Victim-Offender Mediation
- 13. Working Within the System
- 14. Shame of Doing Amiss
- 15. On Civil Solutions
- 16. Circles of Support
- 17. Justice as Sanctuary
- 18. Prison Is Not the Only Punishment: Penal Violence and Alternatives in Poor Countries
- IV. Conclusion
- 19. A Turning Point?


