The American penal system : transparency as a pathway to correctional reform / Helen Clarke Molanphy.

"This thoughtful examination of incarceration in the United States from the 1980s to the current time offers for consideration a transparent and humane correctional model for the future. Author Helen Clarke Molanphy employs an interdisciplinary approach encompassing sociology, penology, memoir, phil...

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Main Author: Molanphy, Helen (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Subjects:
Imprisonment > United States > History.
Prison administration > United States > History.
Corrections > United States > History.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States > History.
Emprisonnement > États-Unis > Histoire.
Prisons > Administration > États-Unis > Histoire.
Services correctionnels > États-Unis > Histoire.
Corrections.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Imprisonment.
Prison administration.
United States.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:x, 135 pages ; 27 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I. The Texas Department of Corrections
  • Part II. Demographics of American prisons
  • Part III. Major problems in corrections
  • Part IV. Toward ending mass incarceration.