Patuxent Institution: An American Experiment in Corrections (Studies in Crime and Punishment) (v. 6)
Book Details
Author(s)
Jr. James R. Coldren
ISBN / ASIN
0820457671
ISBN-13
9780820457673
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Sales Rank
#593,491
Category
Social Science
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
Is rehabilitation dead in American corrections? This socio-political analysis of the fifty-year history of Patuxent Institution, a treatment-oriented maximum security prison in Maryland, studies the organizational challenges faced by this unique American prison, and the social and political forces that work to ensure its survival.
