Special sensitivity? : the white-collar offender in prison /

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Author / Creator:Stadler, William Andrew, 1978- author.
Imprint:El Paso, Ark. : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012.
Description:1 online resource (1 volume)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11268392
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ISBN:1593326130
9781593326135
1593325827
9781593325824
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Despite recent increases in incarceration for white-collar offenders, little is known about their prison experiences or how they adjust to imprisonment. In the justice system a view has prevailed that white-collar offenders have a?special sensitivity? to imprisonment?that they are more susceptible to the pains of prison. Stadler explores this view to determine how white-collar inmates adjust to life in prison and whether they do so differently than street offenders. Evidence suggests that white-collar inmates are no more likely to experience negative prison adjustment than street offenders, a.
Other form:Print version: 9781593325824 1593325827