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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 rather than controlling the disreputa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520277342
ISBN-10: 0520277341
Publication Date: 9/14/2013
Pages: 176
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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