Private prisons in America : a critical race perspective /
Michael A. Hallett.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2006.
- xv, 188 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Critical perspectives in criminology .
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.