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| Correctional Perspectives: Views from Academics, Practitioners, and Prisoners |
| By Leanne Fiftal Alarid and Paul F. Cromwell |
| Published: 10/21/2002 |
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Paperback, 347 pp. Roxbury Pub Co., (2001) ISBN: 1891487744 This anthology features twelve contemporary topical areas in corrections - chosen for the unique challenges which each presents to researchers, correctional practitioners, and prisoners. Each topic is systematically examined from three different perspectives - academic, practitioner, and prisoner - for a total of thirty-six readings. The area on supermax prisons contains the following: 'Academic Perspective: Infamous Punishment: The Psychological Consequences of Isolation ' Craig Haney Haney argues that long periods of social deprivation in security housing units are psychologically harmful. 'Practitioner Perspective: Attitudes of Prison Wardens Toward Administrative Segregation and Supermax Prisons' Terry L. Wells, W. Wesley Johnson & Rodney J. Henningsen The authors use responses from a national survey of state prison wardens to report what wardens think about supermax cells. 'Prisoner Perspective: It's a Form of Warfare: A Description of Pelican Bay State Prison ' John H. Morris Morris describes what doing time is like inside Pelican Bay prison. To order this book, go to www.amazon.com |
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