The Prisoners' World: Portraits of Convicts Caught in the Incarceration Binge (Issues in Crime and Justice)
In sum, students can gain succinct facts on the historical perspective of the incarceration binge and gain a wealth of knowledge about what is happening the contemporary era throughThe Prisoners' World. (Teaching Sociology, October 2009)William Tregea and Marjorie Larmour, authors ofThe Prisoner’s World, have been teaching college level courses in Michigan prisons for more than twenty-five years, so they’re in an outstanding position to observe the boom from inside and hear about its meaning from both prisoners and other correctional workers. The prison-college classroom is a remarkably interesting vantagepoint....The rich descriptive materials...and the personal narratives inPrisoners’ Worldprovide an excellent addition to thehighly theoretical and macro-oriented sociology of mass incarceration....A thought-provoking account of the prison world that’s been created in the last half century. (Contexts)