Aging Prisoners: Crisis in American Corrections
- ISBN-10
- 0275971228
- ISBN-13
- 9780275971229
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 248
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Greenwood
- Author
- Ronald H. Aday
Description
Provides a comprehensive analysis of the aging offender and prisoner in the criminal justice system.
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