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Punishment for sale : private prisons, big business, and the incarceration binge
Record details
- ISBN: 9781442201736 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9781442201729 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 144220172X (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1442201738 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9781442201743 (electronic)
- ISBN: 1442201746 (electronic)
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Physical Description:
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xii, 204 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-193) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | America's incarceration binge : the expansion of prisons, budgets, and injustice -- The big government "problem" and the Kentucky fried prison "solution" -- The prison-industrial complex : profits, vested interests, and politics -- Confronting problems : blame prisoners and contracts, then get a bailout -- A critical look at the efficiency and overhead costs of private prisons -- Conclusion : back to the future. |
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| Subject: | Corrections -- Contracting out -- United States Prisons -- United States Privatization -- United States |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne Library | HV 9469 S45 2010 (Text) | 26040002997217 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
