Prison And Social Death (Critical Issues In Crime And Society) - 9780813565583

A compelling blend of solidarity, civil rights activism, and social research, Prison and Social Death offers a unique look at the American prison and the excessive and unnecessary damage it inflicts on convicts and parolees. Joshua M. Price documents the "social death" that convicts suffer while incarcerated and afterward, drawing upon hundreds of often harrowing interviews conducted with prisoners, parolees, and their families.

• | Author: Joshua M. Price
• | Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 01, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 212 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0813565588
• | ISBN-13: 9780813565583