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The Resource Imprisonment : [Global viewpoints], Noah Berlatsky, editor

Imprisonment : [Global viewpoints], Noah Berlatsky, editor

Label
Imprisonment : [Global viewpoints]
Title
Imprisonment
Title remainder
[Global viewpoints]
Statement of responsibility
Noah Berlatsky, editor
Contributor
Editor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Member of
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
365
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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Berlatsky, Noah
Series statement
Global viewpoints
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
Imprisonment
Target audience
juvenile
Label
Imprisonment : [Global viewpoints], Noah Berlatsky, editor
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Prison should be abolished
  • Peter Collins ... [et al.]
  • Life imprisonment may violate human rights
  • Dirk van Zyl Smit
  • In India, life sentences are assumed to be for life
  • Ipshita Sengupta
  • In Singapore, juveniles can be detained indefinitely
  • Chong Chee Kin and
  • Teh Joo Lin
  • Honduran juveniles must not be sentenced to adult jails
  • In Europe, there are four main justifications for imprisonment
  • Melissa Ewer
  • Canadians support mandatory sentencing with some judicial discretion
  • Julian V. Roberts,
  • Nicole Crutcher, and
  • Paul Verbrugge
  • In Britain and Germany, innovative sentences increase chances for rehabilitation
  • House of Commons Home Affairs Committee
  • Humane treatment of prisoners is guaranteed by international law
  • J.L. Murdoch
  • In France, prison conditions are deteriorating
  • Council of Europe
  • Jean-Marc Rouillan
  • Turkey's torture of prisoners may be changing
  • Mustafa Akyol
  • Zimbabwe's prison conditions are horrible
  • Jonathan Clayton
  • In South African prisons, rape is widespread
  • Just Detention International
  • Prisons in Post-Soviet Russia incubate a plague
  • Merrill Goozner
  • Australian prisons are ill-equipped to deal with women prisoners
  • New Zealand prisons should be for rehabilitation, not retribution
  • Federation of Community Legal Centres, (Vic) Inc.
  • Juveniles in the United States should not be sent to adult prisons
  • J. Steven Smith
  • Iran jailed a prominent journalist for criticizing the government
  • Golnaz Esfandiari
  • China may be harvesting the organs of political prisoners
  • David Matas
  • In China, identifying political prisoners can facilitate their release
  • Andreas Lorenz
  • In Cuba, there are fewer political prisoners but more arbitrary arrests
  • Catholic Bishops of New Zealand
  • Dalia Acosta
  • Political protestors in Papua should not be imprisoned
  • Human Rights Watch
  • In Mexico, violence is eroding Catholic attitudes toward punishment
  • Louis Nevaer
  • British crime rates would decrease if imprisonment rates increased
  • Civitas
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
237 pages
Isbn
9780737747171
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2009045717
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)441154083
  • ocn441154083
  • OCoLC
Label
Imprisonment : [Global viewpoints], Noah Berlatsky, editor
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Prison should be abolished
  • Peter Collins ... [et al.]
  • Life imprisonment may violate human rights
  • Dirk van Zyl Smit
  • In India, life sentences are assumed to be for life
  • Ipshita Sengupta
  • In Singapore, juveniles can be detained indefinitely
  • Chong Chee Kin and
  • Teh Joo Lin
  • Honduran juveniles must not be sentenced to adult jails
  • In Europe, there are four main justifications for imprisonment
  • Melissa Ewer
  • Canadians support mandatory sentencing with some judicial discretion
  • Julian V. Roberts,
  • Nicole Crutcher, and
  • Paul Verbrugge
  • In Britain and Germany, innovative sentences increase chances for rehabilitation
  • House of Commons Home Affairs Committee
  • Humane treatment of prisoners is guaranteed by international law
  • J.L. Murdoch
  • In France, prison conditions are deteriorating
  • Council of Europe
  • Jean-Marc Rouillan
  • Turkey's torture of prisoners may be changing
  • Mustafa Akyol
  • Zimbabwe's prison conditions are horrible
  • Jonathan Clayton
  • In South African prisons, rape is widespread
  • Just Detention International
  • Prisons in Post-Soviet Russia incubate a plague
  • Merrill Goozner
  • Australian prisons are ill-equipped to deal with women prisoners
  • New Zealand prisons should be for rehabilitation, not retribution
  • Federation of Community Legal Centres, (Vic) Inc.
  • Juveniles in the United States should not be sent to adult prisons
  • J. Steven Smith
  • Iran jailed a prominent journalist for criticizing the government
  • Golnaz Esfandiari
  • China may be harvesting the organs of political prisoners
  • David Matas
  • In China, identifying political prisoners can facilitate their release
  • Andreas Lorenz
  • In Cuba, there are fewer political prisoners but more arbitrary arrests
  • Catholic Bishops of New Zealand
  • Dalia Acosta
  • Political protestors in Papua should not be imprisoned
  • Human Rights Watch
  • In Mexico, violence is eroding Catholic attitudes toward punishment
  • Louis Nevaer
  • British crime rates would decrease if imprisonment rates increased
  • Civitas
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
237 pages
Isbn
9780737747171
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2009045717
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)441154083
  • ocn441154083
  • OCoLC

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