psychological limits to the pains of imprisonment Haney, Craig. creator text bibliography dcu Washington, DC American Psychological Association c2006 2006 1st ed. monographic eng

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xxii, 386 p. ill. 26 cm. Introduction: Humane values, psychology, and the pains of imprisonment -- Human nature and the history of imprisonment -- Spreading pain : the punitive state and the state of the prisons -- Attribution error as crime control and prison polict -- Context matters : social history -- Surviving the social context of prison -- overcrowding and the situational pathologies of prison -- Special needs prisoners in extremis -- Prison law and the disregard of context -- Limiting prison pain : a psychologically informed corrections agenda -- Toward a rational prison policy. Craig Haney. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. n-us--- Imprisonment United States Punishment United States Prisons United States Imprisonment Psychological aspects HV9471 .H33 2006 365/.973 1591473179 2005014480 DLC 050519 20160527200755.0 284083