Prisons and Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia

✍ Scribed by Mitchel P. Roth Ph.D.

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 390
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Any college-level collection with a focus on law enforcement should have Mitchel P. Roth's PRISONS AND PRISON SYSTEMS: A GLOBAL ENCYCLOPEDIA in their collection: it packs in details on famous prisons, prisoners, prison museums, prison culture, writings by prisoners and more, with listings ranging from paragraphs of biographical detail to near-essay fullness.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Alphabetical List of Entries......Page 10
Topical List of Entries......Page 16
Preface......Page 24
Introduction......Page 26
Chronology......Page 32
The Encyclopedia......Page 38
A......Page 40
B......Page 61
C......Page 88
D......Page 116
E......Page 127
F......Page 141
G......Page 149
H......Page 161
I......Page 169
J......Page 181
K......Page 187
L......Page 193
M......Page 203
N......Page 221
O......Page 233
P......Page 235
Q......Page 258
R......Page 260
S......Page 271
T......Page 299
U......Page 314
V......Page 321
W......Page 328
Y......Page 335
Z......Page 337
Appendix A: Prison Museums......Page 340
Appendix B: Some Famous Prisoners and Their Prison History......Page 343
Appendix C: Writings by Prisoners......Page 345
Appendix D: Writings by Prison Employees......Page 348
Appendix E: Prison Architects and Visionaries......Page 349
Appendix F: United States Federal Correctional Institutions (FCIs)......Page 352
Appendix G: Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners......Page 354
Appendix H: Selections from Alcatraz Prison Regulations......Page 359
Appendix I: National Prison Congress Declaration of Principles (1870)......Page 361
Appendix J: The Mutual Welfare League......Page 363
Appendix K: Plan for a Penitentiary Inspection House, by Jeremy Bentham......Page 364
Appendix L: General Prison Argot and Slang......Page 365
Appendix M: French Prison Slang from Devil’s Island......Page 371
Appendix N: Soviet Slang from the Gulags......Page 373
Bibliography......Page 374
B......Page 382
D......Page 383
H......Page 384
M......Page 385
P......Page 386
T......Page 387
Z......Page 388