America's Correctional Crisis : Prison Populations and Public Policy
New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #4705
ISBN: 0313254877
Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. Solid copy.; Contents: I. The Crisis: 1. Introduction; 2. The Totality of Conditions Test in Eighth-Amendment Litigation; 3. The Costs of Incarceration; 4. Attitudes of Correctional Policymakers and the Public; II. Policy Options: 5. State Response to Prison Crowding: The Politics of Change; 6. The English Response to the Penal Crisis; 7. The Problem of Crowding: A System Out of Control; 8. Sentencing and the Prison Crowding Problem; 9. Structuring the Development of Alternatives to Incarceration; 10. A Brief for De-escalating Criminal Sanctions; 11. Aid from Industry? Private Corrections and Prison Crowding; Bibliographical Essay; Index; About the Editors and Contributors. ; Contributions in Criminology and Penology; Ex-Library; Vol. 17; 266 pages.
Price: $49.95