Title: America behind bars : trends in imprisonment, 1950 to 2000 /
Authors: Ruddell, Rick, 1961-
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Imprisonment United States; Punishment United States; Social control United States.; Criminal justice, Administration of Social aspects United States.
Contents: 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.