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Ironies of Imprisonment

by: Michael Welch

Ironies of Imprisonment

by: Michael Welch

ISBN 13:
9780761930594
ISBN 10:
0761930590
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 06/16/2004
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

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Summary

Ironies of Imprisonment examines in-depth an array of problems confronting correctional programs and policies from the author's singular and consistent critical viewpoint. The book challenges the prevailing logic of mass incarceration and traces the ironies of imprisonment to their root causes, manifesting in social, political, economic, and racial inequality. Unique and accessible, this book promises to stimulate spirited discussion and debate over the use of prisons.

Foreword

Todd R. Clear

Preface

xiii

1. Introduction

(6)

End-of-Chapter Questions

(2)

2. Discovery of the Penitentiary

(12)

Punishment in Colonial America

(1)

Institutionalization During the Jacksonian Era

(2)

The Pennsylvania and Auburn Systems of

Prison Discipline

(1)

Rothman and Social Control

(2)

Critical Interpretations of the History of Prisons

(3)

Conclusion

(1)

End-of-Chapter Questions

(2)

3. Critical Penology

(16)

Emergence of Critical Criminology

(2)

Contemporary Critical Criminology

(3)

Production of Problem Populations in Capitalist Society

(2)

Disparities in Sentencing

(2)

Postmodern Feminism

(1)

Anarchist Criminology

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

End-of-Chapter Questions

(2)

4. War on Drugs and Just War Theory

(22)

Just War Theory

(1)

Justice of the War on Drugs: Evaluating the Moral Reasons

(1)

Legitimate Authority

(1)

Right Intention

(3)

Last Resort

(6)

Justice in the War on Drugs: Evaluating the Means

(3)

Discrimination

(3)

Conclusion

(1)

End-of-Chapter Questions

(1)

5. Health Care Crisis Behind Bars

(20)

HIV/AIDS: Metaphors and Morality

(4)

Prisoners With HIV/AIDS as a Problem Population

(7)

Tuberculosis in Corrections

(2)

Aging Prisoners

(1)

The Phenomenology of Imprisonment and Suffering

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

End-of-Chapter Questions

(2)

6. Reproducing Prison Violence

(24)

Ironies of Social Control

(1)

Escalation

(10)

Nonenforcement

(6)

Covert Facilitation

(3)

Conclusion

(2)

Notes

100

(1)

End-of-Chapter Questions

100

(1)

7. Ironies of Capital Punishment

101

(20)

Escalation

102

(1)

Brutalization Versus Deterrence

103

(1)

Creation of New Categories and Net Widening

104

(5)

Nonenforcement

109

(3)

Covert Facilitation

112

(4)

Forced Confessions

116

(2)

Conclusion

118

(1)

End-of-Chapter Questions

119

(2)

8. War on Terror and the Misuse of Detention

121

(18)

Profiling in the War on Terror

122

(1)

Special Registration Program

123

(4)

Misuse of Detention

127

(4)

Government Secrecy

131

(3)

The 2003 Inspector General's Report

134

(2)

Conclusion

136

(1)

Note

137

(1)

End-of-Chapter Questions

137

(2)

9. Punitive Profit

139

(24)

Production of Prisoners

141

(3)

The Corrections Economy

144

(2)

Privatizing Punishment

146

(1)

Corrections-Industrial Complex

147

(1)

Private Prisons, Public Problems

148

(2)

Accountability and Liability

150

(1)

Questionable Claims of Cost Savings

151

(1)

Abuse of Inmates and Security Lapses

152

(2)

Reproducing Inequality

154

(1)

Economic Ironies and Rural Prisons

155

(3)

Student Activism Takes Aim at Prison Profiteering

158

(2)

Conclusion

160

(1)

Note

161

(1)

End-of-Chapter Questions

162

(1)

10. Confronting Corrections

163

(20)

Critical Penology and the Culture of Control

165

(1)

Juvenile Superpredators

166

(3)

Wilding: Manufacturing Menace in the Media

169

(4)

Three Strikes, You're Out

173

(2)

A Final Look at Prisonomics

175

(3)

Conclusion

178

(2)

Notes

180

(1)

End-of-Chapter Questions

181

(2)

Cases

183

(2)

Bibliography

185

(46)

Index

231

(8)

About the Author

239

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Ironies of Imprisonment

Ironies of Imprisonment

9780761930594

0761930590

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