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PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY

AND PUNISHING AND REHABILITATING

CRIMINALS ARE INDISPENSABLE TO

CIVIL SOCIETY.

This series introduces readers

to the prison systems of North

America and the world. The

real-life experiences of prison

employees, inmates, and inmates’ families are presented with

sensitivity to educate readers about the incarceration systems’ role

in society, the realities of prison life, the effects of incarceration,

and themoral issues surrounding this crucial yet controversial

system. Explore the alternatives to prison including, community

service, boot camps, and day reporting. Learn about the prison

systemand how society and its leaders are working to return ex-

prisoners to society for good.

Set ISBN ..........978-1-4222-3781-6

Hardcover Set Price ...........$299.43

$224.55 (S&L)

Hardcover List Price ..............33.27

24.95 (S&L)

Multi-User eBook List Price ...42.60

31.95 (S&L)

Full color • Library bound

Trim Size: 7 x 9 • 80 pages

Grade Level: 7-12

HBK ISBN E-ISBN

Juveniles Growing Up in Prison ......................................... -3783-0 -7998-4

Political Prisoners .............................................................-3784-7 -7999-1

Prison Alternatives & Rehabilitation................................... -3785-4 -8000-3

Prison Conditions Around theWorld......................................... -3786-1 -8001-0

The History of Punishment and Imprisonment......................-3782-3 -7997-7

The Treatment of Prisoners and Prison Conditions ...............-3787-8 -8002-7

The True Costs of Prisons ..................................................-3788-5 -8003-4

Unequal Justice.................................................................-3789-2 -8004-1

Women Incarcerated .........................................................-3790-8 -8005-8

Series Consultant:

Larry E. Sullivan, PhD, Associate Dean and Chief

Librarian at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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