@article{428583,
      note = {Description based on print version record.},
      author = {Ferro, Jeffrey.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/428583},
      title = {Prisons [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Facts On File, Inc.,},
      abstract = {Clear and comprehensive, Prisons, Revised Edition examines  the state of U.S. prisons and related issues. It focuses on  the development of prisons in the United States and how the  competing goals of punishment and rehabilitation have  shaped the evolution of criminal correction. An overview  presents statistics on U.S. prisons and explores the issues  behind those statistics, including racial disparity among  prisoners and the causes of recidivism. The financial costs  of running prisons and the mixed record of private prisons  are examined, and laws and legislation relating to issues  of incarceration.},
      recid = {428583},
      pages = {1 online resource (312 p.)},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2011},
}