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Private prisons in America : a critical race perspective / Michael A. Hallett.

By: Series: Critical perspectives in criminologyPublication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2006.Description: xv, 188 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0252030699 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780252030697 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0252073088 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780252073083 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 365/.973 22
LOC classification:
  • HV9469 .H256 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Race, crime, and for-profit imprisonment -- For-profit imprisonment in American history -- Capitalist crime control : social disorganization as market opportunity -- Money and power : the political economy of prision privatization -- Bad faith : a critical look at "faith-based corrections" -- The easy inmate market : the micro-politics of private prisons -- Commerce with criminals : the new colonialism in criminal justice.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-180) and index.

Race, crime, and for-profit imprisonment -- For-profit imprisonment in American history -- Capitalist crime control : social disorganization as market opportunity -- Money and power : the political economy of prision privatization -- Bad faith : a critical look at "faith-based corrections" -- The easy inmate market : the micro-politics of private prisons -- Commerce with criminals : the new colonialism in criminal justice.

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