Prisons and Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia

by Mitchel P . Roth (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2005

  $64.82

  Examining prisons and prison systems throughout the world, this comprehensive encyclopedia provides an historical overview of institutions and systems around the world, as well as penal theories, prisoner culture and life, and notable prisoners and personnel. It also includes material on such famous prisons as the Tower of London and Alcatraz.