The Jail: Managing the Underclass in American Society
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- Synopsis
- Combining extensive interviews with his own experience as an inmate, John Irwin constructs a powerful and graphic description of the big-city jail. Unlike prisons, which incarcerate convicted felons, jails primarily confine arrested persons not yet charged or convicted of any serious crime.
- Copyright:
- 1985
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 148 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780520060326
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- Date of Addition:
- 09/28/10
- Copyrighted By:
- The Regents of the University of California
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- 170
- Proofread By:
- 170
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.