Life Without Parole: Living in Prison Today
- ISBN-10
- 1891487132
- ISBN-13
- 9781891487132
- Series
- Life Without Parole
- Category
- Social Science / Penology
- Pages
- 181
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Roxbury Publishing Company
- Author
- Victor Hassine
Description
In 1981 Victor Hassine was sentenced to prison for life without parole for a capital offense. This book is an insightful look at conditions of confinement and prison life in america today. Hassine powerfully conveys the changes in prison life which have come abut as a result of the use of drugs, prison overcrowding, and demographic changes in inmate populations. Topics covered include rape, prison gangs, prison violence, AIDS, homosexuality, and prison politics. The second edition features five new chapters that explore crucial topics expanding on the first edition, graphically documenting the extreme violence that is a part of everyday life in a men's maximum-high security prison. A new appendix offers details about the capital crime for which Hassine received a life-without-parole sentence. It also provides fascinating coverage of how the first edition was received by inmates and correctional officers --Cover.
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- 2022-04-15
- 256 pages
- Paperback
- Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
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