Culture of Urban Control: Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era - Paperback

Through an analysis of a federal consent decree and media representation related to overcrowding within the largest single-site jail facility in the United States, the incarceration binge of the 1990's is explored at the local level in The Culture of Urban Control: Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era. Analysis of jail conditions, expansion, the inmate experience and changing correctional populations provide a narrative of the culture of control within the Cook County Department of Corrections in Chicago, Illinois.

• | Author: John P. Walsh
• | Publisher: Lexington Books
• | Publication Date: Feb 26, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 198 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1498511384
• | ISBN-13: 9781498511384