
Hard Time
A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison
By: Robert Johnson, Ann Marie Rocheleau, Alison B. Martin, Alison Liebling, Francis T. Cullen (Foreword by)
Paperback | 19 August 2016 | Edition Number 4
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The text retains the popular previous editions' vivid and often poignant ethnographic accounts drawn from male and female inmates along with prison staff, giving voice to the complexities of contemporary prison lifeùand greatly enhances our understanding of the prison experience and urgent need for reform. More timely and important than ever, Hard Time: A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison, 4th Edition, offers illuminating insights into life behind and beyond the prison bars in Americaùa nation whose criminal justice system incarcerates more of its citizens than anywhere else in the world.
About the Authors
Robert Johnson is a Professor of Justice, Law and Criminology at American University, Washington, D.C., and Editor and Publisher of BleakHouse Publishing. His publications include Death Work: A Study of the Modern Execution Process, which won the Outstanding Book Award of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Ann Marie Rocheleau is an Associate Professor at Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts. She collaborated on research studies on adult and juvenile corrections, community policing, and drug purchase for the National Institute of Justice and the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Alison B. Martin is a Policy Analyst with the Council of State Governments Justice Center. She is the co-author of Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship the World Over and Gay and Lesbian Communities the World Over.
The book includes a Foreword by Francis T. Cullen, Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology at the University of Cincinnati and an Afterword by Alison Libeling, University Lecturer and Director of the Prisons Research Centre at the Cambridge University Institute of Criminology.
ISBN: 9781119082774
ISBN-10: 1119082773
Published: 19th August 2016
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 432
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Country of Publication: US
Edition Number: 4
Edition Type: Revised
Dimensions (cm): 24.4 x 17.0 x 1.8
Weight (kg): 0.66
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