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The Resource Beyond prisons : a new interfaith paradigm for our failed prison system, Laura Magnani, Harmon L. Wray

Beyond prisons : a new interfaith paradigm for our failed prison system, Laura Magnani, Harmon L. Wray

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Publication
Extent
viii, 204 p.
Note
  • A report by the American Friends Service Committee, Criminal Justice Task Force
  • Includes index
Contents
  • History of a failed system. The Philadelphia experiment
  • The penitentiary system : religious roots
  • The penitentiary system : philosophical roots
  • The panopticon
  • The development of the penitentiary system
  • The dynamics of crime and punishment in America. The problem
  • The intersection of race and class
  • Practicing white supremacy
  • The legacy of economic dominance : class
  • In our back yards : the penal system at the local level. Policing
  • In the courthouse : the U.S. adversarial legal system
  • The pre-trial process
  • County jails
  • Probation and community corrections
  • Taking local communities seriously
  • Sentencing : the cold heart of the penal system. The California example
  • Federal sentencing policy
  • Carrying out the drug war
  • Three strikes
  • The death penalty
  • Throwing away the key : life without mercy
  • Parole : the terminating program in the rehabilitative model
  • Extra punishment for sex offenders
  • Criminal records : the permanent punishment
  • Cages : state and federal prisons today. The corporatization of punishment
  • Private prisons and accountability
  • Prison guards
  • The super-max and other forms of torture
  • Manufacturing madness
  • Prison gang policies : a threat to our security
  • Political prisoners
  • Immigrants in the criminal justice system
  • Sexism
  • Women
  • Sexual relations and prison rape
  • Transgender prisoners
  • Prison and disability
  • The mentaly ill
  • Health care
  • Spanning generations : impact of prisons on families
  • Prison ministry
  • Youth, poverty, and delinquency. History of the juvenile justice system
  • The language of demonization
  • Criminalization of youth
  • Creating gangs
  • Zero tolerance
  • An alternative vision of justice. Survivors
  • Punishment
  • Forgiveness
  • Breaking the cycle
  • Searching for a new justice paradigm. Can prisons rehabilitate
  • From prison abolition to a new paradigm
  • Reform vs. abolition
  • Alternatives
  • Restorative/peace-building justice
  • Problems with restorative justice
  • Examples of peace-building justice
  • AFSC's twelve-point plan
Isbn
9780800638320
Link
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2005037388.html
Instance
Label
Beyond prisons : a new interfaith paradigm for our failed prison system
Title
Beyond prisons
Title remainder
a new interfaith paradigm for our failed prison system
Statement of responsibility
Laura Magnani, Harmon L. Wray
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1949-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Magnani, Laura
Dewey number
364.60973
Index
index present
LC call number
HV9950
LC item number
.M24 2006
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Wray, Harmon L
  • American Friends Service Committee
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Criminal justice, Administration of
  • Prisons
  • Corrections
Label
Beyond prisons : a new interfaith paradigm for our failed prison system, Laura Magnani, Harmon L. Wray
Link
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2005037388.html
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • A report by the American Friends Service Committee, Criminal Justice Task Force
  • Includes index
Bibliography note
Bibliography: p. 193-201
Contents
History of a failed system. The Philadelphia experiment -- The penitentiary system : religious roots -- The penitentiary system : philosophical roots -- The panopticon -- The development of the penitentiary system -- The dynamics of crime and punishment in America. The problem -- The intersection of race and class -- Practicing white supremacy -- The legacy of economic dominance : class -- In our back yards : the penal system at the local level. Policing -- In the courthouse : the U.S. adversarial legal system -- The pre-trial process -- County jails -- Probation and community corrections -- Taking local communities seriously -- Sentencing : the cold heart of the penal system. The California example -- Federal sentencing policy -- Carrying out the drug war -- Three strikes -- The death penalty -- Throwing away the key : life without mercy -- Parole : the terminating program in the rehabilitative model -- Extra punishment for sex offenders -- Criminal records : the permanent punishment -- Cages : state and federal prisons today. The corporatization of punishment -- Private prisons and accountability -- Prison guards -- The super-max and other forms of torture -- Manufacturing madness -- Prison gang policies : a threat to our security -- Political prisoners -- Immigrants in the criminal justice system -- Sexism -- Women -- Sexual relations and prison rape -- Transgender prisoners -- Prison and disability -- The mentaly ill -- Health care -- Spanning generations : impact of prisons on families -- Prison ministry -- Youth, poverty, and delinquency. History of the juvenile justice system -- The language of demonization -- Criminalization of youth -- Creating gangs -- Zero tolerance -- An alternative vision of justice. Survivors -- Punishment -- Forgiveness -- Breaking the cycle -- Searching for a new justice paradigm. Can prisons rehabilitate -- From prison abolition to a new paradigm -- Reform vs. abolition -- Alternatives -- Restorative/peace-building justice -- Problems with restorative justice -- Examples of peace-building justice -- AFSC's twelve-point plan
Control code
000264841
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
viii, 204 p.
Isbn
9780800638320
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2005037388
Other control number
9780800638320
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 000264841
  • (OCoLC)62872457
Label
Beyond prisons : a new interfaith paradigm for our failed prison system, Laura Magnani, Harmon L. Wray
Link
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2005037388.html
Publication
Note
  • A report by the American Friends Service Committee, Criminal Justice Task Force
  • Includes index
Bibliography note
Bibliography: p. 193-201
Contents
History of a failed system. The Philadelphia experiment -- The penitentiary system : religious roots -- The penitentiary system : philosophical roots -- The panopticon -- The development of the penitentiary system -- The dynamics of crime and punishment in America. The problem -- The intersection of race and class -- Practicing white supremacy -- The legacy of economic dominance : class -- In our back yards : the penal system at the local level. Policing -- In the courthouse : the U.S. adversarial legal system -- The pre-trial process -- County jails -- Probation and community corrections -- Taking local communities seriously -- Sentencing : the cold heart of the penal system. The California example -- Federal sentencing policy -- Carrying out the drug war -- Three strikes -- The death penalty -- Throwing away the key : life without mercy -- Parole : the terminating program in the rehabilitative model -- Extra punishment for sex offenders -- Criminal records : the permanent punishment -- Cages : state and federal prisons today. The corporatization of punishment -- Private prisons and accountability -- Prison guards -- The super-max and other forms of torture -- Manufacturing madness -- Prison gang policies : a threat to our security -- Political prisoners -- Immigrants in the criminal justice system -- Sexism -- Women -- Sexual relations and prison rape -- Transgender prisoners -- Prison and disability -- The mentaly ill -- Health care -- Spanning generations : impact of prisons on families -- Prison ministry -- Youth, poverty, and delinquency. History of the juvenile justice system -- The language of demonization -- Criminalization of youth -- Creating gangs -- Zero tolerance -- An alternative vision of justice. Survivors -- Punishment -- Forgiveness -- Breaking the cycle -- Searching for a new justice paradigm. Can prisons rehabilitate -- From prison abolition to a new paradigm -- Reform vs. abolition -- Alternatives -- Restorative/peace-building justice -- Problems with restorative justice -- Examples of peace-building justice -- AFSC's twelve-point plan
Control code
000264841
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
viii, 204 p.
Isbn
9780800638320
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2005037388
Other control number
9780800638320
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 000264841
  • (OCoLC)62872457

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