American jails
Subtitle: public policy issues
By: edited by Joel A. Thompson and G. Larry Mays.
Contributors: Thompson, Joel A.; Mays, G. Larry.; Policy Studies Organization.
Publisher: Nelson-Hall
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Prisons -- Government policy -- United States.; Prison administration -- United States.; Prisoners -- Health and hygiene -- United States.; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-275) and indexes.
"Published in conjunction with the Policy Studies Organization"--P. ii.