America behind bars trends in imprisonment, 1950 to 2000 /

Ruddell, Rick, 1961-

America behind bars trends in imprisonment, 1950 to 2000 / [electronic resource] : Rick Ruddell. - New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004. - xi, 202 p. : ill. - Criminal justice . - Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-199) and index.

Mass imprisonment -- Justice systems and punishment -- Theories of formal social control -- Prior imprisonment research -- Economic, social, and political trends -- Explaining imprisonment trends -- The future of mass imprisonment.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Imprisonment--United States.
Punishment--United States.
Social control--United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of--Social aspects--United States.


Electronic books.

HV9471 / .R83 2004

365/.973/09045