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Solitary confinement : effects, practices, and pathways towards reform /

"The use of solitary confinement in prisons became common with the rise of the modern penitentiary during the first half of the nineteenth century and his since remained a feature of many prison systems all over the world. Solitary confinement is used for a panoply of different reasons although...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lobel, Jules (Editor), Smith, Peter Scharff, 1971- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Solitary confinement.
Prisons.
Jails.
Jails
Prisons
Solitary confinement
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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. MIND, BODY, AND SOUL-THE HARMS AND EXPERIENCE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
  • Solitary confinement, loneliness, and psychological harm
  • First do no harm: applying the harms-to-benefits patient safety framework to solitary confinement
  • Mythbusting solitary confinement in jail
  • Social isolation, loneliness, and health
  • The brain in isolation: a neuroscientist's perspective on solitary confinement
  • Use of animals to study the neurobiological effects of isolation: historical and current perspectives
  • Sharing experiences of solitary confinement-prisoners and staff
  • III. PRISON REFORM, PRISON LITIGATION, AND HUMAN RIGHTS
  • The management of high-security prisoners: alternatives to solitary confinement
  • Resisting supermax: rediscovering a humane approach to the management of high-risk prisoners
  • Prisoners' Association as an alternative to solitary confinement-lessons learned from a Norwegian high-security prison
  • Colorado ends prolonged, indeterminate solitary confinement
  • Reflections on North Dakota's sustained solitary confinement reform
  • Solitary confinement in Canada
  • "Loneliness is a destroyer of humanity"
  • Litigation to end indeterminate solitary confinement in California: the role of interdisciplinary and comparative experts
  • Index.