Prisons in crisis

Abstract

Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Sentence of Imprisonment Prison Populations Comparisons of Imprisonment Rates Differences among Nations Ranking the Fifty States Ideologies and Criminal Justice The Community Corrections Model Research on the Use of Imprisonment 2. U.S. Prisons in the Nineties Sentencing Reform and Prisons The PrisonersO Rights Movement Prison Conditions Today Issues befor the Courts Findings of Fact Responses to 1983 Suits Continued Expansion Depopulation 3. Scandinavian Criminology and Prisons Scandinavian Criminology Crime and Punishment in Denmark and the United States Levels of Crime Criminal Codes and Sentencing Conditions in Danish Prisons Cultural Values and Imprisonment 4. Open versus Closed Prisons The Basic Dilemma for Prisons Closed Prisons Nature of Prison Life The Convict Society Impact of Incarceration Open Prisons Philosophies of Open Prisons Characteristics of the Open Prison Effects of Imprisonment A Prison Index 5. International Corrections Cross-Cultural Research Correctional Practices Worldwide CanadaOs Two-Year Rule Forced Labor in Japan The Swedish Ombudsman The Penal Colonies in Mexico and India OOne Person, One CellO in the Netherlands The English Probation Center Prosecution Practices in Germany Denmark and Depenalization Electronic Monitoring in the United States Can Changes be Imported? 6. Toward a Moderation of Punishment Barriers to Prison Reform External Approaches to Change The Correctional OFree LunchO A Principled Jurisprudence of Sentencing Detention instead of Imprisonment Prison for Violent Offencers Only Improvements from Within Bureaucratic Control Inmate Governance The Cology of Prison Survival Principles of Reform Antecedents to Change Epilogue References Index