Lawful Order : A Case Study of Correctional Crisis and Reform
by
Leo Carroll
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Current Issues in Criminal Justice
ISBN-10
0815316178
ISBN-13
9780815316176
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 1st, 1998
Print length
370 Pages
Weight
542 grams
Product Classification:
Political science & theory
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An analysis of the evolution of a prison system as it has adapted to the myriad influences impinging upon in it the last half of the twentieth century. Includes discussions of the attempt to implement the rehabilitative ideal in the 1950s and 1960s and the abandonment of that attempt in the subsequ
Prisons remain a controversial topic for debate in our society. While few doubt the necessity of their existence, there is considerable debate over their purpose, organization, and processes. Do prisons exist to rehabilitate, punish, or simply incarcerate? How do we judge prison conditions? If those conditions are found to be unacceptable, how do we change them? What are a prisoner''s rights? This book charts the history of Rhode Island''s Adult Correctional Institutions over the past 40 years. Professor Carroll examines the radical transformation of Rhode Island prisons in response to changes in their external environment, and determines that the transformation can be seen to manifest five distinct stages: patriarchy, anarchy, restoration, threat, and consolidation.
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