TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jacobs,Nancy R.
AU  - Begun,Abbey M.
AU  - Quiram,Jacquelyn F.
TI  - Prisons and jails: a deterrent to crime? 
SN  - 1573021024
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Wylie, Tex.
PB  - Information Plus
KW  - Prisons
KW  - Jails
KW  - Punishment in crime deterrence
KW  - Prisoners
N1  - Title from cover; History of corrections - Revenge or rehabilitation? -- Expenditures -- Jails -- prisoners - An increasing number -- Characteristics of prison inmates  -- Prisons -- Juvenile confinement -- Probation and parole -- Alternative sentencing - From mediation to work release -- Alternative sentencing - Boot camps -- Sentencing guidelines, mandatory sentencing, and "Three-strikes laws" -- Prisoners, drugs, and treatment -- Prisoners' rights
ER  -