Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 271 pages)
ISBN:
9781843927136
,
9781134026678
,
9781134026746
,
9781134026814
Content:
1. Introduction : the supermax phenomenon -- 2. Solitary confinement as a penal strategy : a brief history -- 3. Factors and actors in the rise of supermax prisons -- 4. Ideologies of control : discourses on the goals and roles of supermax prisons -- 5. The bureaucratisation of control : prisoner classification and placement in supermax prisons -- 6. Technologies of control : the architectural design, physical fixtures and security arrangements in supermax prisons -- 7. Inside a supermax : daily routines and prisoner provisions -- 8. The dynamics of control : views from the control room, views from the cells -- 9. Evaluating supermax confinement.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781843924098
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781843924081
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781843924098
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781843927136
