Format:
1 online resource (240 pages)
ISBN:
9780813557427
Series Statement:
Critical Issues in Crime and Society Ser
Content:
"Supermax" prisons are typically reserved for convicted political criminals such as terrorists and spies and for other inmates who are considered to pose a serious ongoing threat to the wider community, to the security of correctional institutions, or to the safety of the people within. The Globalization of Supermax Prisons examines why nine prominent advanced industrialized countries have adopted the supermax prototype, paying particular attention to the economic, social, and political processes that have affected each nation.
Content:
Intro -- Title Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword. Probing the Meta-Prison -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. The Globalization of Supermax Prisons: An Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Invention of the American Supermax Prison -- Chapter 3. How Canada Built Its Supermax Prison -- Chapter 4. Supermaxes South of the Border -- Chapter 5. The Growth of the Supermax Option in Britain -- Chapter 6. Analyzing the Supermax Prisons in the Netherlands -- Chapter 7. Supermaximum Prisons in South Africa -- Chapter 8. From "Secondary Punishment" to "Supermax": The Human Costs of High-Security Regimes in Australia -- Chapter 9. The Emergence of the Supermax in New Zealand -- Chapter 10. The Rise of the Supermax in Brazil -- Chapter 11. Guantanamo: America's Foreign Supermax in the Fight Against Terrorism. -- Chapter 12. A Globalized Militarized Prison Juggernaut: The Case of Abu Ghraib -- Chapter 13. Conclusion: Globalization, Innovation, or Neither? -- Notes -- References -- Notes on Contributors.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813557403
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780813557403
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1117235
