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Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities
Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities
Edited by Mary Bosworth.
Published by Sage, 2005.
This is work in two 8.5" by 11" volumes, totalling 1334 pages including a lengthy appendix on Federal prison system instititions and the lengthy bibliography and index, plus a list of entries, reader's guide, list of sidebars, list of contributors, chronology, introduction, acknowledgments, and a note about the editor. The type is fairly large.
This is a very comprehensive encyclopedia of prisons in the United States (a limitation of scope which the title ought to state).
For an idea of what's included, here is a list of all of the entries in the "F" sequence:
- Faith-Based Initiatives
- Families Against Mandatory Minimums
- Fathers in Prison
- Federal Prison Industries. See UNICOR
- Federal Prison System
- Felon Disenfranchisement
- Fine
- First Amendment
- Flogging
- Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley (1890-1964)
- Food
- Foreign Nationals
- Foster Care
- Foucault, Michel (1926-1984)
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Fourth Amendment
- Framingham, MCI (Massachusetts Correctional Institution)
- Freedom of Information Act
- Fry, Elizabeth
- Furlough
Furman v. Georgia
Most of the entries listed above are more than two pages long; the longest is seven. The articles are clearly written and informative, and don't require any special background knowledge. While factually objective, the orientation is slightly on the socially critical side; more of the individuals rating full entries are important critics of the prison system than founders or innovators or leaders within existing prison institutions. This is not a problem but a thing to be aware of.
This is a high-quality, thorough and comprehensive reference work, useful to anyone who needs information about the U.S. prison system.
