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Prisons the World Over - Hardcover

Simon, Rita; De Waal, Christiaan

 
9780739140246: Prisons the World Over
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0739140248 ISBN 13: 9780739140246
Verlag: Lexington Books, 2009

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Prisons The World Over reports prison conditions, number of prisoners and occupancy level, offenses for which inmates are interred, and average length of incarceration for 21 countries. Also reported are the demographic characteristics of the prisoners.

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Rita Simon, Christiaan De Waal

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As of 2007, more than 9.25 million people were imprisoned worldwide. Almost half of the persons imprisoned are in the United States, China and Russia. The United States has more persons in prison per capita than any country in the world. Prisons The World Over offers a comprehensive overview of prison demographics and conditions for each of the following countries: United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Israel, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, South Africa, India, China, Japan, and Australia. The book includes reports on the number of prisoners, the rate per population, the percent of female prisoners, the number of penal institutions and their occupancy level, and the number of privately run prisons Also reported are the offenses for which the inmates are interred, the average length of incarceration, the availability of parole, conditions in the prisons, the availability of educational and work programs, provisions for children of female prisoners, the availability and quality of medical care, the characteristics of the prison staff, the visitation rights of prisoners, and the presence and treatment of political prisoners.

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Verlag
Lexington Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0739140248
ISBN 13 
9780739140246
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
162
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