Table of Contents: “…Managing their Needs, Managing their Risks - the Education of Sex Offenders in the United States, Roger Benefiel, Bloomsburg University -- Chapter 10. …”

Table of Contents: “…-- Conclusion -- Part III: Responding to Gangs -- Chapter 11: Policing Gangs -- The Police Role in Gang Prevention -- The Police Role in Gang Suppression -- Policing Gangs Beyond Suppression -- Police Gang Units -- Police Gang Databases -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12: Gangs and Gang Members in Prison -- Defining and Measuring Gangs and Gang Membership in Prison -- The Contested Emergence and Proliferation of Gangs in Prison -- Theories of Prison Gang Emergence -- The Characteristics of Prison Gangs -- Transitions in Prison Gang Membership -- Joining Gangs in Prison -- Avoiding Gangs in Prison -- Leaving Gangs in Prison -- Offending and Victimization in Prison -- Responding to Prison Gangs -- Gang Members, Reentry, and Recidivism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 13: Anti-Gang Legislation and Legal Responses -- The Purpose of Anti-Gang Legislation -- Targeted Gang Legislation -- Defining Gang Activity -- Shared Gang Databases -- Gang Sentencing Enhancements -- Gang Participation and Recruitment -- Repurposed Gang Legislation -- Criminal Enterprise Laws -- Public Nuisance Laws -- Auxiliary Gang Legislation: The 1994 Crime Bill -- Gangs and the Courtroom -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14: What Works, What Doesn't, and How do we Know? …”

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Table of Contents: “…A people's history of prisons in the United States : interview /…”

Table of Contents: “…Solitary confinement-from extreme isolation to prison reform -- TWO CENTURIES OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT -- Solitary confinement-effects and practices from the nineteenth century until today -- Global perspectives on solitary confinement-practices and reforms worldwide -- Solitary confinement across borders -- The rise of supermax imprisonment in the United States -- Not isolating isolation -- Torture, solitary confinement, and international law -- II. …”

Table of Contents: “…/ Martin Vargas -- Behind bars : the current state of U.S. prison literature / D. Quentin Miller -- Sense of solitary confinement / Phillip "UcciKan" Sample -- Solo's life narrative : freedom for me was an evolution, not a revolution / Megan Sweeney -- Outside fences : the rewilding of the motor city viewed from a prison / Rand Gould -- Criminal justice, disconnected youth and latino males in the United States and in Michigan / Rubén Martinez, Bette Avila, and Barry Lewis -- Lox (the Wolverine) : the struggle to express a native american identity in the carceral state / Aaron Kinzel -- Mass incarceration and mental illness : addressing the crisis / Carolyn Pratt Van Wyck and Elizabeth Pratt -- What works in prisoner reentry : reducing crime, recidivism, and prison populations / Dennis Schrantz -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index.…”

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