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Author Useem, Bert.

Title States of siege : U.S. prison riots, 1971-1986 / Bert Useem and Peter Kimball
Published New York : Oxford University Press, ©1991

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 278 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents 1. Introduction; Part I. Prisons and Prison Riots in the 1970s; Part II. Prisons and Prison Riots in the 1980s; Part III. Conclusions; Appendix A. The Context of Breakdown/Deprivation Theory of Protest; Appendix B. Immediate Demands (Attica); Appendix C. Practical Proposals (Attica); Appendix D. Proposals Collected Friday Night (Attica); Appendix E. The James Letter (Attica); Appendix F. The 28 Points (Attica); Appendix G. Sunday Afternoon Ultimatum (Attica); Appendix H. Monday Morning Ultimatum (Attica); Appendix I. Public Appeal by Observers (Attica)
Summary This book examines case studies of recent prison riots in five states, including the 1971 radical uprising in Attica, New York, and the infamous 1981 bloodbath at the New Mexico Penitentiary. The most extensive and detailed work yet written on US prison riots, the authors explain the occurrence and variations of riots as a reflection of the administrative breakdown of the prison system within a changing ideological context. A theoretical appendix helps make this work an ideal introduction to sociological theories of collective action
Notes "First published in 1989 by Oxford University Press."--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-272) and index
Notes English
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Subject Prison riots -- United States -- Case studies
Prison violence -- United States -- Case studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
Prison riots
Prison violence
United States
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Kimball, Peter
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