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States of Siege: US Prison Riots, 1971-1986
Useem, Bert (Director, Public Safety Research at the Urban Research Institute, Director, Public Safety Research at the Urban Research Institute, University of Louisville)
States of Siege: US Prison Riots, 1971-1986
Useem, Bert (Director, Public Safety Research at the Urban Research Institute, Director, Public Safety Research at the Urban Research Institute, University of Louisville)
The authors show how riots have evolved in the past twenty years in relation to America's changing penal system and society. They draw on in depth interviews with rioters, transcripts of post-riot investigations and results of a questionnaire about inmate disturbances in prisons in the USA.
286 pages, 8 photographs, 5 blueprints, tables
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | June 29, 1989 |
ISBN13 | 9780195057119 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 292 |
Dimensions | 235 × 163 × 26 mm · 626 g |
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