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Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking look at how America exported mass incarceration around the globe, from a rising young historian"--
"A groundbreaking look at how America exported mass incarceration around the globe, from a rising young historian “American Purgatory will forever change how we understand the rise of mass incarceration. It will forever change how we understand this country.” —Clint Smith, bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning...
3) Juvie
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Working hard to be a contributing member of her family, Sadie accepts blame for her sister's drug deal to keep the latter out of prison and finds everything she worked for threatened by a six-month sentence that tests her sister's character.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Pfaff argues that existing accounts of the causes of mass incarceration are fundamentally misguided. The most widely accepted explanations--the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons--actually tell us much less than we like to think. Instead, Pfaff urges us to look at other factors, including a major shift in prosecutor behavior that occurred in the mid-1990s, when prosecutors began bringing felony...
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Beginning in Africa and ending in Europe, Incarceration Nations is a first-person odyssey through the prison systems of the world. Professor, journalist, and founder of the Prison-to-College-Pipeline, Dreisinger looks into the human stories of incarcerated men and women and those who imprison them, creating a jarring, poignant view of a world to which most are denied access, and a rethinking of one of America's most far-reaching global exports: the...
Publisher
LearningExpress
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A career as a corrections officer offers solid pay, great benefits, and job security. Make sure you get there with this all-in-one guide to the exam. Three practice tests and details about the hiring process for state and federal jobs are also included." --
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Miller's Children is a comprehensive look at the consequences of the US Supreme Court's decision in the case of Miller v. Alabama, which outlawed mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juvenile murderers. This book describes the author's fieldwork as a psychological expert witness in more than forty resentencing cases of juveniles affected by the Miller decision (and follow-up rulings), providing a wide-ranging review of research on human development...
Author
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, BK Currents Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"35,000 Americans are arrested every day, and the number of prisoners has increased 500% over the last three decades. Truthout Executive Director Maya Schenwar shows that incarceration actually doesn't deter crime, looks at its devastating effect on families and communities, and offers more humane and more effective alternatives"--
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF HIGH-RISERS comes a groundbreaking and honest investigation into the crisis of the American criminal justice system-through the lens of parole. Perfect for fans of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow and Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy The United States, alone, locks up a quarter of the world's incarcerated people. And yet apart from clichaes-paying a debt to society; you do the crime, you do the time-there...
Author
Series
Spenser novel volume 44
Language
English
Formats
Description
"P.I. Spenser, knight-errant of the Back Bay, returns in this stellar addition to the iconic New York Times-bestselling series from author Ace Atkins. What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year-old Dillon Yates in a lockdown juvenile facility in Boston Harbor. When he set up a prank Twitter account for his vice principal, he never dreamed he could be brought up on criminal charges, but that's exactly what happened. This is Blackburn, Massachusetts,...
Publisher
LearningExpress, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This practice test consists of 50 multiple-choice questions in the five areas typically assessed on Corrections Officer exams across the nation: Memorization, Reading Comprehension, Situational Reasoning, Mathematics, and Writing.
Publisher
LearningExpress, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This practice test consists of 50 multiple-choice questions in the five areas typically assessed on Corrections Officer exams across the nation: Memorization, Reading Comprehension, Situational Reasoning, Mathematics, and Writing.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In 2009, Smith pleaded guilty to a seemingly minor charge of campaign malfeasance and earned himself a year and one day in Kentucky's FCI Manchester. Mr. Smith Goes to Prison is the fish-out-of-water story of his time in the big house; of the people he met there and the things he learned: how to escape the attentions of fellow inmate Cornbread and his friends in the Aryan Brotherhood; what constitutes a prison car and who's allowed to ride in yours;...
18) The Commission
Author
Series
Sam Kincaid novels volume 1
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
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