Prison Movies: Cinema Behind Bars traces the public fascination with incarceration from the silent era to the present. Often considered an offshoot of the gangster film, the prison film precedes the gangster film and is in many ways its opposite. Rather than focusing on tragic figures heading for a
Behind Bars: Surviving Prison
β Scribed by Richards, Stephen C.;Ross, Jeffrey Ian
- Publisher
- DK Publishing;Alpha Books
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
A judge hands down a stretch in a local, state, or federal prison. It's time for some serious life lessons. With the crime rates soaring in the United States and the prison population growing faster than at any other time in American history, staying alive and well - both mentally and physically - is tougher than ever.
β¦ Table of Contents
Part 1 You're Under Arrest 1 --
Part 2 You've Got Jail! 27 --
Part 3 Doing Time 63 --
Part 4 Beyond the Walls 153.
β¦ Subjects
GefΓ€ngnis;Gewalt;Prison administration;Prison violence;Prisoners;Prisoners--Social conditions;Prisonniers--Γtats-Unis--Conditions sociales;Prisonniers--Γtats-Unis--HabiletΓ©s de base;Prisons--Administration--Γtats-Unis;Soziale Situation;Soziologie;TRUE CRIME / General;Violence dans les prisons--Γtats-Unis;Prison administration--United States;Prisoners--United States--Social conditions;Prison violence--United States;Prisoners--United States;;Life skills guides;True crime stories;Prisoners -- Unite
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