The Jail by John Irwin

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The Jail by John Irwin

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Summary

Constructs a graphic description of the big-city jail. This book argues that jail disorients and degrades and instead of controlling the disreputable, actually increases their number of helping to indoctrinate new recruits to the rabble class. It addresses the issue of jail reform and the matter of social control demanded by society.

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The Jail by John Irwin

Combining extensive interviews with his own experience as an inmate, John Irwin constructs a powerful and graphic description of the big-city jail. Unlike prisons, which incarcerate convicted felons, jails primarily confine arrested persons not yet charged or convicted of any serious crime. Irwin argues that jail disorients and degrades and instead of controlling the disreputable, actually increases their number of helping to indoctrinate new recruits to the rabble class. In a forceful conclusion, Irwin addresses the issue of jail reform and the matter of social control demanded by society.

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ISBN 13 9780520060326
ISBN 10 0520060326
Title The Jail
Author John Irwin
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of California Press
Year published 1992-01-16
Number of pages 168
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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