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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

T H E PR I SON S Y S T EM

PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY AND PUNISHING AND REHABILITATING CRIMINALS ARE INDISPENSABLE TO CIVIL SOCIETY. This series introduces readers to the prison systems of North America and the world. The real-life experiences of prison

employees, inmates, and inmates’ families are presented with sensitivity to educate readers about the incarceration systems’ role in society, the realities of prison life, the effects of incarceration, and themoral issues surrounding this crucial yet controversial system. Explore the alternatives to prison including, community service, boot camps, and day reporting. Learn about the prison systemand how society and its leaders are working to return ex- prisoners to society for good.

Series Consultant: Larry E. Sullivan, PhD, Associate Dean and Chief Librarian at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice

9 VOLUME SET © 2018

Set ISBN ..........978-1-4222-3781-6 Hardcover Set Price ...........$299.43 Hardcover List Price ..............33.27 Multi-User eBook List Price ...42.60

$224.55 (S&L) 24.95 (S&L) 31.95 (S&L)

Full color • Library bound Trim Size: 7 x 9 • 80 pages Grade Level: 7-12

HBK ISBN E-ISBN Juveniles Growing Up in Prison ......................................... -3783-0 -7998-4 Political Prisoners .............................................................-3784-7 -7999-1 Prison Alternatives & Rehabilitation................................... -3785-4 -8000-3 Prison Conditions Around theWorld......................................... -3786-1 -8001-0 The History of Punishment and Imprisonment......................-3782-3 -7997-7 The Treatment of Prisoners and Prison Conditions ...............-3787-8 -8002-7 The True Costs of Prisons ..................................................-3788-5 -8003-4 Unequal Justice.................................................................-3789-2 -8004-1 Women Incarcerated .........................................................-3790-8 -8005-8

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