Title Crime, prisons, and jails / Kim Masters Evans

Edition 2017 edition Published Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, Cengage Learning, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 167 pages) : illustrations, map Series Information plus reference series Information Plus reference series. Contents Chapter 1. An overview of crime -- chapter 2. Crime trends -- chapter 3. Crime victims -- chapter 4. Drug crimes -- chapter 5. White-collar crime -- chapter 6. Controlling crime -- chapter 7. Correctional facilities : prisons and jails -- chapter 8. Characteristics and rights of inmates -- chapter 9. Probation and parole -- chapter 10. Juvenile crime Summary This volume focuses on the social and moral issues surrounding crime, prisons, and jails Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Corrections -- United States Crime -- United States. Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States. Criminal statistics -- United States. Prisoners -- United States -- Statistics. Corrections. Crime. Criminal justice, Administration of. Criminal statistics. Prisoners. United States. Genre/Form Statistics. Form Electronic book ISBN 1410325903 9781410325907

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