{"product_id":"hard-time-a-fresh-look-at-understanding-and-reforming-the-prison-paperback","title":"Hard Time: A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnn Marie Rocheleau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlison B. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHard Time: A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e4th Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, is a revised and updated version of the highly successful text addressing the origins, evolution, and promise of America's penal system.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws from both ethnographic and professional material, and situates the prison experience within both contemporary and historical contexts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures first person accounts from male and female inmates and staff, revealing what it's actually like to live and work in prison\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes all-new chapters on prison reform and on supermax correctional facilities, including the latest research on confinement, long-term segregation, and death row\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores a wide range of topics, including the nature of prison as punishment; prisoner personality types and coping strategies; gang violence; prison officers' custodial duties; and psychological, educational, and work programs \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelops policy recommendations for the future based on qualitative and quantitative research and evidence-based initiatives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing numerous updates reflecting the latest research, the new 4th Edition of \u003ci\u003eHard Time: A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison\u003c\/i\u003e offers compelling insights into the origins, evolution, and future promise of America's prison system. Along with extensive revisions to all chapters, changes for this new edition include greatly expanded coverage of the types of hardships experienced in prison, completely rewritten chapters on prisoner violence and suggested reforms, and a new chapter on \"supermax\" prison facilities with an assessment of the efficacy of long-term segregation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text retains the popular previous edition's vivid and often poignant ethnographic accounts drawn from male and female inmates along with prison staff, giving voice to the complexities of contemporary prison life--and greatly enhances our understanding of the prison experience and urgent need for reform. More timely and important than ever, \u003ci\u003eHard Time: A Fresh \u003c\/i\u003eLook at Understanding and Reforming the Prison, 4th Edition, offers illuminating insights into life behind and beyond the prison bars in America--a nation whose criminal justice system incarcerates more of its citizens than anywhere else in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Justice, Law and Criminology at American University, Washington, D.C., and Editor and Publisher of BleakHouse Publishing. His publications include \u003ci\u003eDeath Work: A Study of the Modern Execution Process\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Outstanding Book Award of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnn Marie Rocheleau\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor at Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts. She collaborated on research studies on adult and juvenile corrections, community policing, and drug purchase for the National Institute of Justice and the Office of National Drug Control Policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison B. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e is a Policy Analyst with the Council of State Governments Justice Center. She is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eRights and Responsibilities of Citizenship the World Over\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGay and Lesbian Communities the World Over\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book includes a Foreword by Francis T. 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