Tables of Contents for Prisons in America

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Tables of Contents for Prisons in America

Chapter/Section Title

Page #

Page Count

Preface

xi

1 History of American Prisons

1

22

Background and Origins

2

3

The First Penitentiaries

5

2

The Reformatory Movement

7

3

The Progressive Era and Its Aftermath

10

3

Civil Rights, Prisoners' Rights, and the Crumbling of Walls

13

2

Rejection of the Rehabilitative Ideal, 1970-2000

15

4

Conclusion

19

1

Notes

20

3

2 Issues and Controversies

23

36

The Purposes of Incarceration

24

4

Punishment

24

1

Deterrence

25

1

Incapacitation

26

1

Rehabilitation

26

2

Mandatory Sentencing versus Judicial Discretion

28

3

Prison Expansion and Overcrowding

31

3

Prisoners' Rights

34

6

Prisoners' Rights Case Law

36

3

The Realities of Prisoners' Rights and Recent Cases

39

1

Equality for Women Prisoners

40

4

The "Numbers" Problem

40

1

The "Nature" Problem

41

1

The "Same" or "Different" Debate

41

2

Legal Issues

43

1

Prison Violence and Its Prevention

44

5

Causes and Types of Violence

45

2

Strategies for Violence Reduction

47

2

Health Care in Prisons

49

6

HIV and AIDS

50

1

Tuberculosis

51

1

Mental Health Issues

52

1

Substance Abuse

53

1

Cigarette Smoking

54

1

The Private Prisons Movement

55

2

Notes

57

2

3 Chronology

59

10

4 Biographical Sketches

69

20

5 Documents and Statistics

89

30

U.S. Constitution

90

2

First Amendment (1791)

91

1

Fourth Amendment (1791)

91

1

Eighth Amendment (1791)

91

1

Fourteenth Amendment (1868)

92

1

Prisoners' Rights Cases

92

9

Johnson v. Avery (1969)

93

1

Holt v. Sarver (1969)

94

1

Estelle v. Gamble (1976)

95

1

Bell v. Wolfish (1979)

96

1

Ruiz v. Estelle (1980)

97

1

Hudson v. McMillian (1992)

98

1

Jordan v. Gardner (1993)

99

2

The Declaration of Principles (1870)

101

1

Prison Data

102

16

Sentencing

103

1

Prison System Expansion

104

1

Prisoner Characteristics

104

1

Prisoner Health and Mortality

105

1

Private Prisons

106

12

Notes

118

1

6 Agencies and Organizations

119

30

7 Print Resources

149

32

Books and Reference Materials

150

22

Journals, Magazines, and Newsletters

172

4

Government Documents and Agency Publications

176

5

8 Nonprint Resources

181

30

Films

183

23

Internet Addresses

206

5

Glossary

211

6

Index

217

10

About the Authors

227