2003, ISBN: 1498511384

The Culture Of Urban... - The Culture of Urban Control: Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era explores and analyzes the growth and expansion of the United States' largest single-site… Mehr…

The Culture Of Urban... - The Culture of Urban Control: Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era explores and analyzes the growth and expansion of the United States' largest single-site urban jail system. Through an analysis of a United States Federal Court initiated consent decree this research provides a narrative of criminal justice policy, politics and legal maneuvering between the years of 1993 and 2003 associated with overcrowding within the Cook County Jail. As a result of increased policing presence and subsequent arrests during the crime control era of the 1990's, the Cook County Department of Corrections experienced a continually overcrowded correctional facility resulting in pre-trial and post-convicted inmates sleeping on floors in overcrowded and dilapidated facilities. Beginning in the early 1990's and under the supervision of the federal court, Chicago and Cook County, Illinois undertook the largest expansion of local level incarceration and correctional control in their history. The disputing process between local, state and federal level claims-makers within the legal arena and through media representations are analyzed in conjunction with infrastructure growth, changing correctional populations, community level expansion of correctional programming and the social reality of the inmate experience. How local level corrections and federal interdiction were shaped by local level politics and criminal justice systems are examined. John P. Walsh is assistant professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Grand Valley State University. His research interests include the reciprocal relationship between communities and the criminal justice system. In addition to his academic career, Dr. Walsh has also served as a Chicago Police Officer and as a policy analyst with the Cook County Sheriff's Office. Acknowledgments Tables and Figures Introduction Chapter 1: From Past to Present: Correctional System Overcrowding and Institutional Reform Chapter 2: Conditions of Confinement: The Social Reality of the Jail Inmate Chapter 3: The City within the City: Altering Population and Space Chapter 4: Expanding the Jail into the Community: Growth, Development, and Mutual Interest Chapter 5: Constructing the Jail within Local Media: Presenting Expansion to the Public Chapter 6: The Politics of Local Level Punishments: Presiding over the Culture of Control Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index About the Author Livre - Beau livre, Lexington Books<

ISBN: 9781498511384

Paperback, [PU: Lexington Books], Through an analysis of a federal consent decree and media representation related to overcrowding within the largest single-site jail facility in the Unit… Mehr…

Paperback, [PU: Lexington Books], 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., Penology & Punishment<

2015, ISBN: 9781498511384

Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era, Buch, Softcover, [PU: Lexington Books], Lexington Books, 2015