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ROUTLEDGE
06 / 2009
9780415801683
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Sinopsis

John Irwin writes about prisons from an unusual academic perspective. Before receiving a Ph.D. in sociology, he servedáfive years in a California state penitentiary for armed robbery. This is his sixth book on imprisonment - an ethnography of prisoners who have served more thanátwenty years in a California correctional institution. The purpose of the book is to take issue with the conventional wisdom on homicide, societyâÇÖs purposes of imprisonment, and offendersâÇÖ reformability. Through the lifersâÇÖ stories, he reveals what happens to prisoners serving very long sentences in correctional facilities and what this should tell us about effective sentencing policy.

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