Punishing the vulnerable : discrimination in American prisons /: discrimination in American prisons. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeremiah Wade-Olson.
• Authors: Wade-Olson, Jeremiah
• Contents: Introduction: America's prisons: a portrait of the vulnerable -- "Crime" and moral panics -- Discretion and punishment -- Punishing the poor -- Punishing the sick -- Punishing race -- Punishing immigrants -- Punishing drug use -- Punishing families -- Instead of prisons.
• Publisher Details: New York : Praeger
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (200 pages)
• Subjects: 365/.60973; Social Science -- Discrimination & Race Relations; Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States; Imprisonment -- United States; Criminals -- United States -- Social conditions; Prisoners -- United States -- Social conditions; Alternatives to imprisonment -- United States; Law -- Discrimination; Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights; Sociology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216134411
• Related ISBNs: 9781440858086
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.