Islam in American prisons
Subtitle: black Muslims' challenge to American penology
By: by Hamid Reza Kusha.
Series: Law, justice and power
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781840147223; 9780754688655
Subjects: Prisons -- United States -- History; Islam -- United States; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Judea-Christian foundations of American penology; title: American penal philosophy : an overview; title: Black incarceration : an historical analysis, 1960-2007; title: Adverse impacts of incarceration; title: Islam in American prisons; title: Islam's challenge to American penology; title: Conclusions.