Prisons and prison systems : a global encyclopedia / Mitchel P. Roth.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roth, Mitchel P., 1953-
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Prisons > Encyclopedias.
Imprisonment > Cross-cultural studies > Encyclopedias.
Prisons > History > Encyclopedias.
Prisoners > Biography > Encyclopedias.
Prisons > Officials and employees > Biography > Encyclopedias.
Genre:
Encyclopedias.
Cross-cultural studies
Biography
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:xxxv, 351 pages ; 27 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Alphabetical list of entries
  • Topical list of entries
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chronology
  • The encyclopedia
  • Appendix A: Prison museums
  • Appendix B: Some famous prisoners and their prison history
  • Appendix C: Writings by prisoners
  • Appendix D: Writings by prison employees
  • Appendix E: Prison architects and visionaries
  • Appendix F: Federal correctional institutions (USA)
  • Appendix G: Standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners
  • Appendix H: Selections from Alcatraz Prison regulations
  • Appendix I: National Prison Congress Declaration of principles
  • Appendix J: The Mutual Welfare League
  • Appendix K: Plan for a penitentiary inspection house, by Jeremy Bentham
  • Appendix L: Prison argot/glossary/slang
  • Appendix M: French prison slang from Devil's Island
  • Appendix N: Soviet slang from the gulags.