Timothy J. Flanagan (EDT) Long-Term Imprisonment

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With recent sentencing law changes at the state and nationallevel, the United States will continue to use long-termconfinement more than any other nation in the world. In thisauthoritative yet accessible volume, scholars, correctionalauthorities, researchers, and prisoners examine the use of long-term incarceration as a response to crime, the effects of long-term incarceration, and the strategies used by long-term inmatesto adjust to confinement. Long-Term Imprisonment explores theprison experience of both male and female inmates and discussesthe correctional management challenges posed by long-termincarceration. The core of this collection, edited by Timothy Flanagan, is a setof articles first published in The Prison Journal, the officialjournal of the Pennsylvania Prison Society and the oldest journalin the field of corrections. These articles are complemented withresearch reports on the effects of long-term confinement, acomprehensive analysis of long-term inmates currently confined inAmerican and Canadian prisons, and essays written by long-termprisoners. If you are interested in the use and operation of prisons, and inthe impact of these institutions on the people confined withinthem, this book is for you. In addition to students studyingimprisonment, the book informs correctional administrators andpolicymakers about the nature of long-term inmate population andthe impact of long-term imprisonment. "Timothy Flanagan began studying the effects of long-termincarceration over two decades ago when he conducted one of thefirst major studies of prisoners serving long sentences. Sincethen, many changes have occurred in corrections and sentencespractices that have greatly increased sentence lengths and thenumber of prisoners serving long sentences. The collection of theessays contained in Long-Term Imprisonment represents the mostcomprehensive, up-to-date, and definitive review of literatureregarding the effects of long-term incarceration on prisoners. Flanagan provides readers with a variety of perspectives of long-term imprisonment by including articles written by prisonresearchers, corrections officials, and long-term prisoners. Thisbook is must reading for anyone interested in life in prisons andthe unique world of the long-term prisoner."--Kevin N. Wright, Binghamton University