With recent sentencing law changes at the state and national level, the United States will continue to use long-term confinement more than any other nation in the world. In this authoritative yet accessible volume, scholars, correctional authorities, 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 inmates to adjust to confinement. Long-Term Imprisonment explores the prison experience of both male and female inmates and discusses the correctional management challenges posed by long-term incarceration. The core of this collection, edited by Timothy Flanagan, is a set of articles first published in The Prison Journal, the official journal of the Pennsylvania Prison Society and the oldest journal in the field of corrections. These articles are complemented with research reports on the effects of long-term confinement, a comprehensive analysis of long-term inmates currently confined in American and Canadian prisons, and essays written by long-term prisoners. If you are interested in the use and operation of prisons, and in the impact of these institutions on the people confined within them, this book is for you. In addition to students studying imprisonment, the book informs correctional administrators and policymakers about the nature of long-term inmate population and the impact of long-term imprisonment. ‘Timothy Flanagan began studying the effects of long-term incarceration over two decades ago when he conducted one of the first major studies of prisoners serving long sentences. Since then, many changes have occurred in corrections and sentences practices that have greatly increased sentence lengths and the number of prisoners serving long sentences. The collection of the essays contained in Long-Term Imprisonment represents the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and definitive review of literature regarding 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 prison researchers, corrections officials, and long-term prisoners. This book is must reading for anyone interested in life in prisons and the unique world of the long-term prisoner.’ –Kevin N. Wright, Binghamton University
Tabela de Conteúdo
Foreword – Norman A Carlson
Preface – Timothy J Flanagan
PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT
Long-Term Incarceration – Timothy J Flanagan
Issues of Science, Policy and Correctional Practice
An American Portrait of Long-Term Imprisonment – Timothy J Flanagan
Long-Term Offenders in Canada – John R Weekes
PART TWO: LONG-TERM PRISONERS ON LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT
The Long-Termers – Ronald Wikberg and Burk Foster
Louisiana′s Longest Serving Inmates and Why They′ve Stayed So Long
Facing Long-Term Imprisonment – Michael G Santos
Coping with Imprisonment – Carl Kummerlowe
A Long-Termer′s View
PART THREE: THE EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT
The Controversy over the Effects of Long-Term Incarceration – J Steven Wormith
Long-Term Incarceration Impacts and the Characteristics of Long-Term Offenders – Doris Layton Mac Kenzie and Lynne Goodstein
An Empirical Analysis
Reexamining the Cruel and Unusual Punishment of Prison Life – James Bonta and Paul Gendreau
The Unwanted Effects of Long-Term Imprisonment – Nigel Walker
PART FOUR: ADAPTATION AND SURVIVAL AMONG LONG-TERM INMATES
Adaptation and Adjustment among Long-Term Prisoners – Timothy J Flanagan
Women Lifers – Elaine Genders and Elaine Player
Assessing the Experience
Long-Term Incarceration of Female Offenders – Doris Layton Mac Kenzie, James W Robinson and Carol S Campbell
Prison Adjustment and Coping
Behavior and Adaptation in Long-Term Prison Inmates – Edward Zamble
Descriptive Longitudinal Results
The World of Prisoners′ Wives – Laura T Fishman
PART FIVE: CORRECTIONAL RESPONSES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF LONG-TERM PRISONERS
The Good Old Days in the Joint – Hans Toch
Administrative Perspectives on Management of Long-Term Prisoners – Timothy J Flanagan et al
Management of Life Sentence Prisoners in England and Wales – Barry Mitchell
Situational and Social Approaches to the Prevention of Disorder in Long-Term Prisons – Anthony E Bottoms, William Hay and J Richard Sparks
Using Multiple Perspectives to Develop Strategies for Managing Long-Term Inmates – Michael J Sabath and Ernest L Cowles
Addressing the Program Needs of Long-Term Inmates – Ernest L Cowles and Michael J Sabath
Programming for Long-Term Inmates – William R T Palmer
A New Perspective
Sentence Planning for Long-Term Inmates – Timothy J Flanagan
AFTERWORDS
The Long-Term Inmate as a Long-Term Problem – Hans Toch
Correctional Policy and the Long-Term Prisoner – Timothy J Flanagan
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