Private Prisons in America: A Critical Race Perspective
by Michael A. Hallett foreword by Randall Shelden
University of Illinois Press, 2006 Paper: 978-0-252-07308-3 | Cloth: 978-0-252-03069-7 Library of Congress Classification HV9469.H256 2006 Dewey Decimal Classification 365.973
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Michael A. Hallett is an associate professor of criminal justice and director of the Center for Race and Juvenile Justice Policy at the University of North Florida. He is the co-author of U.S. Criminal Justice Interest Groups: Institutional Profiles with Dennis J. Palumbo.
REVIEWS
Author is recipient of the Gandhi, King, Ikeda (GKI) Award (2006) given by the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College. Author received an Honorable Mention Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights (2007)
— Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College
Author is recipient of the Gandhi, King, Ikeda (GKI) Award (2006) given by the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College. Author received an Honorable Mention Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights (2007)
— Gustavus Myers Center
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Foreword: Private Prisons in America
Randall G. Shelden
1. Race, Crime & For-profit Imprisonment
2. For-profit Imprisonment in American History
3. Capitalist Crime Control: Social Disorganization as Market
Opportunity
4. Money and Power: The Political Economy of For-Profit Prisons
5. Bad Faith--Globalization, Devolution, and Privatization in
Criminal Justice: A Critical Look at "Faith-Based"
Corrections
6. The Easy Inmate Market: The Micro-Politics of Private Prisons
7. Commerce with Criminals: The New Colonialism in Criminal
Justice
Notes
References
Index
Private Prisons in America: A Critical Race Perspective
by Michael A. Hallett foreword by Randall Shelden
University of Illinois Press, 2006 Paper: 978-0-252-07308-3 Cloth: 978-0-252-03069-7
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Michael A. Hallett is an associate professor of criminal justice and director of the Center for Race and Juvenile Justice Policy at the University of North Florida. He is the co-author of U.S. Criminal Justice Interest Groups: Institutional Profiles with Dennis J. Palumbo.
REVIEWS
Author is recipient of the Gandhi, King, Ikeda (GKI) Award (2006) given by the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College. Author received an Honorable Mention Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights (2007)
— Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College
Author is recipient of the Gandhi, King, Ikeda (GKI) Award (2006) given by the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College. Author received an Honorable Mention Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights (2007)
— Gustavus Myers Center
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Foreword: Private Prisons in America
Randall G. Shelden
1. Race, Crime & For-profit Imprisonment
2. For-profit Imprisonment in American History
3. Capitalist Crime Control: Social Disorganization as Market
Opportunity
4. Money and Power: The Political Economy of For-Profit Prisons
5. Bad Faith--Globalization, Devolution, and Privatization in
Criminal Justice: A Critical Look at "Faith-Based"
Corrections
6. The Easy Inmate Market: The Micro-Politics of Private Prisons
7. Commerce with Criminals: The New Colonialism in Criminal
Justice
Notes
References
Index