America's prisons /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Detroit :
Greenhaven Press,
[2010]
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| Series: | Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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Table of Contents:
- Prison deters crime / Bruce Bayley
- Prison does not deter crime / Joel Waldfogel
- Prisons can rehabilitate / Shreveport Times
- Prison rehabilitation efforts are ineffective / Dana Pico
- Alternative sentencing would be more effective in prison / Ruth David
- Alternatives to prison are dangerous and ineffective / Thomas Sowell
- America's imprisonment practices are racist / Glenn Loury
- America's imprisonment practices are not racist / Heather Mac Donald
- Mandatory minimum sentencing is just in drug cases / Jodi L. Avergun
- Mandatory minimum sentencing is unjust / Robert Hooker and Robert Hirsh
- Imprisoning drug users is just / Theodore Dalrymple
- Imprisoning nonviolent drug users is unjust / Michael Huemer
- Disenfranchising prisoners is just / Ben Johnson
- Disenfranchising prisoners is unjust / Conor Clarke and Greg Yothers
- American prisons are humane / Harley G. Lappin
- Overcrowding in American prisons is inhumane / Craig Haney
- Stun technology makes prisons safer / Jeff Wiehe
- Stun technology is inhumane and dangerous / Anne-Marie Cusac
- California must spend more on prison than health care / J. Clark Kelso
- California should not spend excessively on prison health care / Debra Saunders
- Allowing inmate moms to raise their children in prison is beneficial / Suzanne Smalley
- Raising children in prison may be harmful / Carol Lloyd
- Juveniles should not be placed in adult prisons / Campaign for Youth Justice
- Life without parole in the adult system is reasonable for some juvenile offenders / Charles D. Stimson and Andrew M. Grossman
- The mentally ill should not be placed in the prison system / Jamie Fellner
- Focusing on mental illness in prison prevents real reform / Susan Mortimer.