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| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mitchel P Roth |
| ISBN: | 0313328560 9780313328565 |
| OCLC Number: | 60835344 |
| Description: | xxxv, 351 p. ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | Alphabetical list of entries -- Topical list of entries -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chronology -- The encyclopedia -- Appendix A: Prison museums -- Appendix B: Some famous prisoners and their prison history -- Appendix C: Writings by prisoners -- Appendix D: Writings by prison employees -- Appendix E: Prison architects and visionaries -- Appendix F: Federal correctional institutions (USA) -- Appendix G: Standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners -- Appendix H: Selections from Alcatraz Prison regulations -- Appendix I: National Prison Congress Declaration of principles -- Appendix J: The Mutual Welfare League -- Appendix K: Plan for a penitentiary inspection house, by Jeremy Bentham -- Appendix L: Prison argot/glossary/slang -- Appendix M: French prison slang from Devil's Island -- Appendix N: Soviet slang from the gulags. |
| Responsibility: | Mitchel P. Roth. |
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