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Islam in American prisons : black Muslims' challenge to American penology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kusha, Hamid R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2009]
Series:Law, justice, and power.
Subjects:
Prisons > United States > History.
Islam > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Judea-Christian foundations of American penology
  • American penal philosophy : an overview
  • Black incarceration : a historical analysis, 1960-2007
  • Adverse impacts of incarceration
  • Islam in American prisons
  • Islam's challenge to American penology
  • Conclusions.