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Hard Time

Robert Johnson, Ann Marie Rocheleau, Alison B. Martin, Francis T. Cullen, Alison Liebling · ISBN 9781119082774
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Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Author(s) Robert Johnson / Ann Marie Rocheleau / Alison B. Martin / Francis T. Cullen / Alison Liebling
Subtitle A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison
Edition 4
Published 19th August 2016
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A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison

Hard Time: A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison, 4th Edition, is a revised and updated version of the highly successful text addressing the origins, evolution, and promise of America’s penal system.



  • Draws from both ethnographic and professional material, and situates the prison experience within both contemporary and historical contexts

  • Features first person accounts from male and female inmates and staff, revealing what it’s actually like to live and work in prison

  • Includes all-new chapters on prison reform and on supermax correctional facilities, including the latest research on confinement, long-term segregation, and death row

  • Explores a wide range of topics, including the nature of prison as punishment; prisoner personality types and coping strategies; gang violence; prison officers’ custodial duties; and psychological, educational, and work programs 

  • Develops policy recommendations for the future based on qualitative and quantitative research and evidence-based initiatives

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