The Big House: Image and Reality of the American Prison

(Part of the Icons of America Series)

By Stephen Cox

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"The Big House" is America's idea of the prison--a huge, tough, ostentatiously oppressive pile of rock, bristling with rules and punishments, overwhelming in size and the intent to intimidate. Stephen... This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0300124198

ISBN13:9780300124194

Release Date:November 2009

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.94 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.4"

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Americas Criminology Judicial Branch Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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