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Student perspectives : jail vs. prison.

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Students discuss the difference between jails and prisons. Professor Kenneth Peak explains that jails are for offenses up to a year and for people awaiting trial. The prison system is for more serious felonies that require long-term imprisonment.

Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned in English.
Published: Los Angeles, CA : SAGE Publications, Inc, 2017.
Subjects:
Prisons > United States.
Jails > United States.
Corrections > United States.
Prisons > États-Unis.
Services correctionnels > États-Unis.
Corrections.
Jails.
Prisons.
United States.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video
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Summary:Students discuss the difference between jails and prisons. Professor Kenneth Peak explains that jails are for offenses up to a year and for people awaiting trial. The prison system is for more serious felonies that require long-term imprisonment.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (3 min., 53 sec.)) : sound, colour.
ISBN:9781506373188
1506373186