The "million dollar inmate" [electronic resource] : the financial and social burden of nonviolent offenders / Heather Ahn-Redding.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahn-Redding, Heather
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield Pub., c2007.
Subjects:
Prisoners.
Prisons.
Prison sentences.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2007 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2007 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2007 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
The 'Million Dollar Inmate': The Financial and Social Burden of Nonviolent Offenders
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction and early sentencing : an introduction to the "million dollar inmate"
  • Punishment in the twentieth century : run-on sentences
  • Sentencing today : a sentence is a sentence--period!
  • Prison conditions
  • The financial costs of incarceration
  • Expensive prisoners
  • The social costs of incarceration : the hidden yet expensive side of prison
  • Retribution : can we have our "just desert" and eat it too?
  • Incapacitation : if we lock them up, maybe they'll just go away!
  • Some specifics on deterrence, in general
  • Prison rehabilitation and treatment : where is the correction in our correctional facilities?
  • The benefits of incarceration--real and perceived
  • Policy recommendations.