Long-Term Imprisonment Policy, Science, and Corrrectional Practice [Paperback]

The use of long-term imprisonment as a response to crime, the effects of long-term incarceration and the strategies used by inmates to adjust to confinement are the focus of this volume. The book explores the prison experience from the male and the female perspective and discusses the correctional management challenges posed by long-term incarceration.

Comprising a set of articles originally published in The Prison Journal the book is complemented by research reports, an analysis of long-term inmates confined in United States and Canadian prisons, and essays written by long-term prisoners.The use of long-term imprisonment as a response to crime, the effects of long-term incarceration and the strategies used by inmates to adjust to confinement are the focus of this volume. The book explores the prison experience from the male and the female perspective and discusses the correctional management challenges posed by long-term incarceration.

Comprising a set of articles originally published in The Prison Journal the book is complemented by research reports, an analysis of long-term inmates confined in United States and Canadian prisons, and essays written by long-term prisoners.Foreword - Norman A Carlson
Preface - Timothy J Flanagan
PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT
Long-Term Incarceration - Timothy J Flanagan
Issues of Science, Policy and Correctional Practice
An American Portrait of Long-Term Imprisonment - Timothy J Flanagan
Long-Term Offenders in Canada - John R Weekes
PART TWO: LONG-TERM PRISONERS ON LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT
The Long-Termers - Ronald Wikberg and Burk Foster
Louisiana's Longest Serving Inmates and Why They've Stayed So Long
Facing Long-Term Imprisonment - Michael G Santos
Coping with Imprisonment - Carlƒ¼