Beyond prisons : a new interfaith paradigm for our failed prison system / Laura Magnani, Harmon L. Wray.
| Author/creator | Magnani, Laura, 1949- |
| Other author | Wray, Harmon L. |
| Other author | American Friends Service Committee. Criminal Justice Task Force. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, ©2006. |
| Description | viii, 204 pages ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| General note | A report by the American Friends Service Committee, Criminal Justice Task Force. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-201) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005037388 |
| ISBN | 0800638328 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780800638320 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780800638320 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HV9950 .M24 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |