The expanding prison : the crisis in crime and punishment and the search for alternatives /

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Main Author: Cayley, David.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: 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?