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The Jail: Managing the Underclass in american society
The Jail Managing the Underclass in american society
Author: John Irwin
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. Irwin argues that jail disorients and degrades and inst...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520055636
ISBN-10: 0520055632
Publication Date: 9/16/1985
Pages: 168
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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