Title: The culture of urban control : jail overcrowding in the crime control era /
Authors: Walsh, John P., 1966-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Jails Overcrowding United States.; Corrections United States.
Contents: From past to present: correctional system overcrowding and institutional reform -- Conditions of confinement: the social reality of the jail inmate -- The city within the city: altering population and space -- Expanding the jail into the community: growth, development and mutual interest -- Constructing the jail within local media: presenting expansion to the public -- The politics of local level punishment: presiding over the culture of control.