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The Jail

The Jail

by John Keith Irwin, Irwin, John

1985United states, social conditionsSocial changeJailsCase studiesPrisoners
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IN A LEGAL SENSE, the jail is the point of entry into the criminal justice system.

IN A LEGAL SENSE, the jail is the point of entry into the criminal justice system.

Themes & subjects

United states, social conditionsSocial changeJailsCase studiesPrisonersPrison psychology
First published 1985

Setting

California

About the authors

John Keith Irwin

1929 – 2010

Former prisoner whose experience started a career in the sociology of prisons and prisoners

Irwin, John

1929

Authors

John Keith Irwin, Irwin, John

First published

1985

Pages

168

Read time

≈ 4h

Editions

7

Language

English

Publisher

University of California Press

ISBN

9781282355309

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