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Click ′Additional Materials′ for downloadable samplesThe two-volume Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities aims to provide a critical overview of penal institutions within a historical and contemporary framework. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, a fact that has caused lawmakers, advocates, and legal professionals to rethink punishment policies as well as develop new policies on prisoner education and rehabilitation. Issues of race, gender, and class are fully integrated throughout in order to demonstrate the complexity of the implementation and intended results of incarceration. The Encyclopedia contains biographies, articles describing important legal statutes, and detailed and authoritative descriptions of the major prisons in the United States. Comparative data and examples are employed to analyze the American system within an international context. The Encyclopedia′s 400 entries are all written by recognized authorities. The appendix contains a comprehensive listing of every federal prison in the U.S., complete with facility details and service information. Key ThemesJuvenile JusticeLaborPrison ArchitecturePrison PopulationsPrison ReformPrivatizationRace, Gender, ClassSecurity and ClassificationSentencing Policy and LawsStaffTheories of PunishmentTreatment ProgramsEditorial Board Stephanie Bush-Baskette, National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) Jeanne Flavin, Fordham University Esther Heffernan, Edgewood College Jim Thomas, Northern Illinois University

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• List of Entries
• Reader's Guide
• List of Sidebrs
• Timeline
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• Ackoweledgements
• About the Author
• Entries A - Z
• Appendix
• Master bibliograpy
• Master Index

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Library Journal Review

This timely set on prisons and correctional facilities in America covers everything from prisoners, historical personages, organizations, groups, and riots to statistics, concepts, legislation, court cases, and more. It also integrates important issues of race, gender, and class. Written by mostly American academics with a sprinkling of Canadian and British contributors, the 400 alphabetically arranged entries are uniformly well done, often ending with further reading lists and cross references. The classified "Reader's Guide," which perhaps might have been better placed near the index, aides the uninitiated. Editor Bosworth previously published the useful U.S. Federal Prison System, the monograph Engendering Resistance: Agency and Power in Women's Prisons, as well as numerous book reviews and articles. Bottom Line This very accessible set will replace the current standard in the field, Garland's 1996 Encyclopedia of American Prisons (Marilyn D. McShane & Frank P. Williams, eds.) not only because it is twice as long and more up-to-date but also because it is enhanced by a 63-page comprehensive bibliography, a chronology, and an appendix detailing U.S. Bureau of Prisons facilities. Essential for sociology, criminology, and large general collections.-Janice Dunham, John Jay Coll. of Criminal Justice Lib., CUNY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

Since the US "confines more people per capita than any other equivalent industrialized democratic country," is one of the last remaining nations to practice capital punishment, is one of the few that executes juveniles, and is a nation whose prison industrial complex has become one of its largest money-making ventures, this encyclopedia makes a significant, timely contribution to understanding the historical context of these policies. This encyclopedia's nearly 400 alphabetical entries present a wealth of information that revolve around 12 themes, among them theories of punishment, prison architecture, prison populations, juvenile justice, prison reform, treatment programs, and race, gender, and class. Entries are cross-referenced, with numerous sidebars, illustrations, and photographs. Adding value to this comprehensive, contemporary overview of issues related to prisons, punishment, and confinement are a detailed chronology and an appendix listing institutions in the US federal prison system. The latter gives addresses, locations, and brief descriptions of the programs and treatment each facility offers. The impressive roster of 250 contributors underscores the excellent writing in the entries. Those interested in understanding the US's complex system of incarceration will find this encyclopedia a vital reference tool. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. All collections. J. M. Coggan formerly, University of Florida

Booklist Review

This encyclopedia features 400 alphabetically arranged, signed entries on the history and current state of imprisonment in America. The varied topics include prison architecture ( Cottage system,0 Supermax prisons0 ); life in prison ( Gangs, Islam in prison, Lawyer's visits0 ); security ( Electronic monitoring,0 Minimum security0 ); prisoner characteristics ( Drug offender0 s ,0 Mothers in prison,0 Native American prisoners0 ); and technicalities of punishment ( Habeas corpus,0 Three-strikes legislation0 ), among others. Although there are entries for some other English-speaking countries, such as Australia and Canada, emphasis is on the U.S. In the introduction, the editor remarks that the high incarceration rate in the U.S. is now an indelible part of the country's collective cultural imagination. Entries vary in length but are on average two and a half pages long, end with a list of further readings, and offer applicable cross-references and legal case citations. Text is supplemented with 23 interesting sidebars written by current prisoners and a handful of black-and-white photographs. The entries are preceded by a chronology that lists key legal cases, publications, and prison openings, beginning with the sixteenth century.\b \b0 There are both alphabetical and subject listings of entries. An appendix profiles every federal prison in the U.S., including location, contact information, capacity, visiting times, and recreational facilities. A general index listing people and concepts within main entries and an extensive bibliography and legal case list round out the work. Current coverage of this topic is much needed. Similar in scope is the now-outdated Encyclopedia of American Prisons0 (Garland, 1996), which features 160 signed entries written in a slightly less-appealing textbook style. It cites the original 1966 American Correctional Association's Manual of Correctional Standards,0 for example, compared to the revised fourth edition from 2002 cited in the Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities0 . The current Encyclopedia0 lacks coverage at the state level found in the also dated and briefer Dictionary of American Penology 0 (Greenwood, 1996), but it is more scholarly than the Facts On File Encyclopedia of American Prisons,0 from 2003, which lacks in-depth bibliographies. Recommended for larger reference collections and libraries supporting criminal justice programs. --Susan Gardner Copyright 2005 Booklist

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Mary Bosworth is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Wesleyan University. Her research interests include prisons, race, and gender. She is the author of Engendering Resistance: Agency and Power in Women's Prisons (1999).