AMERICAN JAILS - A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDING FORTY-FIVE ANNOTATED CITATIONS

• NCJ Number: 57977
• Author(s): J MOYNAHAN; E K STEWART; R DIEBEL; R L LECHELT
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 42 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Bibliography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PRESENTED TO WESTERN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY, FEBRUARY 16-18, 1978, SAN DIEGO (CA)

Annotation

THIS SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTAINS 259 BOOKS, JOURNAL ARTICLES, AND REPORTS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1867 AND 1976 ON AMERICAN JAILS. FORTY-FIVE OF THE CITATIONS ARE ANNOTATED.

Abstract

ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR OR TITLE, THE CITED MATERIALS INCLUDE HISTORICAL WORKS DATING FROM THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES, AS WELL AS CONTEMPORARY WORKS PUBLISHED MOSTLY IN THE EARLY AND LATE 1960'S AND THE EARLY 1970'S. THE SELECTIONS COVER A VARIETY OF TOPICS, INCLUDING FEDERAL JAIL INSPECTION, MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, CORRECTIONAL STANDARDS, THE FUTURE OF JAILS, PREVENTIVE DETENTION, WORK RELEASE, ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION, EDUCATION IN A SHORT-TERM INSTITUTION , JAIL SECURITY, JAIL MANAGEMENT, JAIL ARCHITECTURE, JAIL DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS, PRISONER MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL, AND PRETRIAL RELEASE. THE SELECTED ANNOTATED CITATIONS FOCUS ON SUCH CONCERNS AS JAIL OPERATIONS, JAILS IN PREREVOLUTIONARY AMERICA, JAIL HYGIENE, JAIL OVERCROWDING, NONINSTITUTIONAL ALTERNATIVES TO JAILS AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, AND THE ALCOHOLIC IN THE JAIL.