The Resource The big house in a small town : prisons, communities, and economics in rural America, Eric J. Williams
The big house in a small town : prisons, communities, and economics in rural America, Eric J. Williams
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- Summary
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- A recent study by the Urban Institute estimates that one-third of all counties in the United States house a prison, and that our prison and jail population is now over 2.1 million. Another report indicates that more than 97 percent of all U.S. prisoners are eventually released, and communities are absorbing nearly 650,000 formerly incarcerated individuals each year. These figures are particularly alarming considering the fact that rural communities are using prisons as economic development vehicles without fully understanding the effects of these jails on the area
- This book is the result of author Eric J. Williams's ground-level research about the effects of prisons upon two rural American communities that lobbied to host maximum security prisons. Through hundreds of interviews conducted while living in Florence, Colorado, and Beeville, Texas, Williams offers the perspective of local residents on all sides of the issue, as well as a social history told mainly from the standpoint of those who lobbied for the prisons. --Book Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (155 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Moving in, walking, and talking: gathering information
- History and geography
- Citizens and hermits
- The community's store
- Cops and correction
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780313383663
- Label
- The big house in a small town : prisons, communities, and economics in rural America
- Title
- The big house in a small town
- Title remainder
- prisons, communities, and economics in rural America
- Statement of responsibility
- Eric J. Williams
- Subject
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- Community development -- United States
- Corrections -- Economic aspects
- Corrections -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Corrections -- Social aspects
- Corrections -- Social aspects -- United States
- Electronic books
- Community development
- Prisons -- United States
- Rural development
- Rural development -- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology
- United States
- Prisons
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- A recent study by the Urban Institute estimates that one-third of all counties in the United States house a prison, and that our prison and jail population is now over 2.1 million. Another report indicates that more than 97 percent of all U.S. prisoners are eventually released, and communities are absorbing nearly 650,000 formerly incarcerated individuals each year. These figures are particularly alarming considering the fact that rural communities are using prisons as economic development vehicles without fully understanding the effects of these jails on the area
- This book is the result of author Eric J. Williams's ground-level research about the effects of prisons upon two rural American communities that lobbied to host maximum security prisons. Through hundreds of interviews conducted while living in Florence, Colorado, and Beeville, Texas, Williams offers the perspective of local residents on all sides of the issue, as well as a social history told mainly from the standpoint of those who lobbied for the prisons. --Book Jacket
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Williams, Eric J
- Dewey number
- 365/.973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV9466
- LC item number
- .W55 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- HV9466
- NAL item number
- .W55 2011eb
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Prisons
- Corrections
- Corrections
- Rural development
- Community development
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Community development
- Corrections
- Corrections
- Prisons
- Rural development
- United States
- Label
- The big house in a small town : prisons, communities, and economics in rural America, Eric J. Williams
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-149) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Moving in, walking, and talking: gathering information -- History and geography -- Citizens and hermits -- The community's store -- Cops and correction -- Conclusion
- Control code
- ocn714881024
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (155 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780313383663
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other control number
- 99951705802
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- CB9909D5-329F-4347-986E-54ACA195FF33
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o714881024
- (OCoLC)714881024
- Label
- The big house in a small town : prisons, communities, and economics in rural America, Eric J. Williams
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-149) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Moving in, walking, and talking: gathering information -- History and geography -- Citizens and hermits -- The community's store -- Cops and correction -- Conclusion
- Control code
- ocn714881024
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (155 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780313383663
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 99951705802
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- CB9909D5-329F-4347-986E-54ACA195FF33
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o714881024
- (OCoLC)714881024
Subject
- Community development -- United States
- Corrections -- Economic aspects
- Corrections -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Corrections -- Social aspects
- Corrections -- Social aspects -- United States
- Electronic books
- Community development
- Prisons -- United States
- Rural development
- Rural development -- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology
- United States
- Prisons
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