Crime, prisons, and jails
By: Kim Masters Evans
Edition: 2015 edition.
Series: Information plus reference series; Information Plus reference series
Publisher: Gale Cengage Learning
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9781573026376; 9781573026499
Subjects: Crime; Corrections; Administration of Criminal justice
Other titles: Information plus: crime, prisons, and jails
Description: This volume focuses on the social and moral issues surrounding crime, prisons, and jails.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. An overview of crime; title: chapter 2. Crime statistics; title: chapter 3. Crime victims; title: chapter 4. Drug crimes; title: chapter 5. White-collar crime; title: chapter 6. Controlling crime; title: chapter 7. Correctional facilities : prisons and jails; title: chapter 8. Characteristics and rights of inmates; title: chapter 9. Probation and parole; title: chapter 10. Juvenile crime.