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Product Description: This collection tells the stories of true prison breaks, including those of Frank Abagnale, whose story is the basis for Catch Me If You Can, and Henri Charrieré whose memoir is the basis for Papillon, plus many more.
By Paul Simpson (editor)

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9780762449408 | Running Pr Book Pub, September 10, 2013, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: This collection tells the stories of true prison breaks, including those of Frank Abagnale, whose story is the basis for Catch Me If You Can, and Henri Charrieré whose memoir is the basis for Papillon, plus many more.

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Read about some of history's most exciting captures! Are they cases of tragedy or triumph? It all depends on who- or what- is captured. The captive might be a runaway slave during the Civil War, or a war criminal caught long after World War II.Astonishing Headlines series. This series of nonfiction readers will grab a students interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 64-page softcover books offer short chapters on high-interest headlines. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading.

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9781616519193 | Saddleback Pub, September 1, 2012, cover price $8.95
9781562548162 | Saddleback Pub, August 1, 2005, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Read about some of history's most exciting captures!

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9781417637966 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2004, cover price $13.55

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Product Description: In 1972, Will Campbell published an issue of the Committee of Southern Churchmen's journal, Katallagete, to shed light on the US prison system. None could anticipate how the system would expand exponentially in the next four decades...read more
By Richard C. Goode (editor)

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9781610979467 | Wipf & Stock Pub, July 20, 2012, cover price $34.00 | About this edition: In 1972, Will Campbell published an issue of the Committee of Southern Churchmen's journal, Katallagete, to shed light on the US prison system.

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What kinds of beliefs do most Americans hold about crime and violence, and where do these beliefs come from? What kinds of people are sent to prison—are the average inmates dangerous criminals, or are they involved in low-level drug-related, property, or public-order offenses? Who is ultimately paying for their time in prison? The "Million Dollar Inmate" highlights the financial and social costs of America's incarceration of non-violent offenders. With its focus on the specific population of non-violent offenders, this book provides a unique, sociological approach to the problem of handling such a large population at such tremendous costs—paid, for the most part, by taxpayers. Basing her insight on extensive research into the origins of America's correctional systems, the visible and non-visible costs incurred by the practice of incarcerating nonviolent offenders, and the goals of the prison system, Heather Ahn-Redding dares to expose flaws in current correctional practices and suggest ways they can be not only changed but also re-envisioned. Ideally suited to researchers, advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and policymakers.

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9780739114964 | Lexington Books, December 30, 2007, cover price $90.00 | About this edition: What kinds of beliefs do most Americans hold about crime and violence, and where do these beliefs come from?

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9780739114971, titled "The Million Dollar Inmate: The Financial and Social Burden of Nonviolent Offenders" | Lexington Books, November 1, 2010, cover price $34.99

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This wide-ranging book provides a uniquely sociological account of the development and role of imprisonment in modern society. In developing the thesis that the process of imprisonment has shaped by changing the nature of space, time, and labor it examines the functioning of imprisonment in relation to changing socio-economic conditions, power relations, and strategies of social control.

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9780230235519 | 2 edition (Palgrave Macmillan, October 15, 2009), cover price $125.00
9780312222390 | Palgrave Macmillan, September 11, 1999, cover price $135.00 | About this edition: This wide-ranging book provides a uniquely sociological account of the development and role of imprisonment in modern society.

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9780230235526 | 2 edition (Palgrave Macmillan, October 15, 2009), cover price $41.00
9780333752319 | Palgrave Macmillan, August 1, 1999, cover price $40.00

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9780739140246 | Lexington Books, September 30, 2009, cover price $80.00

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9780739140253 | Reprint edition (Lexington Books, July 1, 2011), cover price $32.99

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Part of the 'True Stories' series, this book contains stories of heroism, bravery and battling the odds. It contains maps, line drawings and notes on sources and further reading.

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9780794519827 | Reissue edition (Usborne Pub Ltd, September 22, 2007), cover price $4.99
9780746088357 | New edition (Usborne Pub Ltd, July 27, 2007), cover price $9.90 | About this edition: Part of the 'True Stories' series, this book contains stories of heroism, bravery and battling the odds.

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Product Description: Did you know that California, Florida, and Texas together account for 44 percent of the American death row population? Did you know that Canada abolished the death penalty in 1976? Were you aware that 108 people in the U.S., including 12 death row inmates, have been exonerated because of DNA tests as of June 2002...read more

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9781552653111 | Altitude Pub Canada Ltd, April 15, 2006, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Did you know that California, Florida, and Texas together account for 44 percent of the American death row population?

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By Kent Publishing (editor)

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9781562548179 | Cdr edition (Saddleback Pub, August 1, 2005), cover price $5.95

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Presents more than thirty first-person narratives by people who have survived life-threatening dangers, including shipwreck, famine, war, and natural disasters. 25,000 first printing.
By John B. Letterman (editor)

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9780743245470 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 2003, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Presents more than thirty first-person narratives by people who have surived life-threatening dangers, including shipwreck, famine, war, and natural disasters, including the conquistador Cabeza de Vaca and John McCain.

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9781557981769 | Rev sub edition (Amer Psychological Assn, December 1, 1992), cover price $19.95

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