Hard Time

ebook ∣ A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison

By Robert Johnson

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Format

ebook

ISBN

9781119082774

Author

Robert Johnson

Publisher

Wiley

Release

22 July 2016

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Sociology Nonfiction
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Hard Time: A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison, 4th Edition, is a revised and updated version of the highly successful text addressing the origins, evolution, and promise of America’s penal system.

  • Draws from both ethnographic and professional material, and situates the prison experience within both contemporary and historical contexts
  • Features first person accounts from male and female inmates and staff, revealing what it’s actually like to live and work in prison
  • Includes all-new chapters on prison reform and on supermax correctional facilities, including the latest research on confinement, long-term segregation, and death row
  • Explores a wide range of topics, including the nature of prison as punishment; prisoner personality types and coping strategies; gang violence; prison officers’ custodial duties; and psychological, educational, and work programs 
  • Develops policy recommendations for the future based on qualitative and quantitative research and evidence-based initiatives

    • Format

    ebook

    ISBN

    9781119082774

    Author

    Robert Johnson

    Publisher

    Wiley

    Release

    22 July 2016

    Share

    Subjects

    Sociology Nonfiction
    Hard Time