The Jail: Managing the Underclass in american society
by John Irwin
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Author: John IrwinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-01-16
ISBN: 0520060326
Number of pages: 168
Publisher: University of California Press
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Book Review: STEPEHN C. RICHARDS, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH
Summary: 5 Stars
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ACADEMIC STUDY OF AMERICAN JAILS. IRWIN HAS WRITTEN A BOOK THAT SHOULD BE READ BY THE PUBLIC AND POLICY MAKERS. HE ILLUSTRATES HOW POVERTY AND INEQUALITY CREATED A POPULATION THAT WAS PROCESSED BY THE COURTS AND JAILS INTO UNDERCLASS RABLE. THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION, THROUGH REPEATED TERMS IN JAIL IS TRANSFORMED INTO RABLE. THE THESIS OF THE BOOK IS THAT THE JAILS PREPARE THE POOR TO BE UNDERCLASS. THE BOOK SHOULD BE READ BY ANYBODY INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING WHY HOMELESSNESS AND PETTY CRIME HAVE BECOME A FEATURE OF EVERY MAJOR AMERICAN CITY.
Summary of The Jail: Managing the Underclass in american society
Combining extensive interviews with his own experience as an inmate, John Irwin constructs a powerful and graphic description of the big-city jail. Unlike prisons, which incarcerate convicted felons, jails primarily confine arrested persons not yet charged or convicted of any serious crime. Irwin argues that jail disorients and degrades and instead of controlling the disreputable, actually increases their number of helping to indoctrinate new recruits to the rabble class. In a forceful conclusion, Irwin addresses the issue of jail reform and the matter of social control demanded by society.Criminology Books
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