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Author Williams, Vergil L.

Title Dictionary of American penology / Vergil L. Williams.

Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.

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 UniM Store  365.973 WILL MJ3    AVAILABLE
Edition A rev. and expanded ed.
Physical description xii, 488 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-479) and index.
Summary A comprehensive overview of American penology covering practices, historical precendents, changing attitudes of prison management, system descriptions, and trends.
Subject Corrections -- United States -- Dictionaries.
Prisons -- United States -- Dictionaries.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- Dictionaries.
Corrections -- United States -- Statistics.
ISBN 0313266891 (alkaline paper)