Stateville : the penitentiary in mass society /

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Author / Creator:	Jacobs, James B., author.
Imprint:	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [1977] ©1977
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in crime and justice Studies in crime and justice.
Subject:	Illinois State Penitentiary (Joliet, Ill.) Illinois State Penitentiary (Joliet, Ill.) Mass society. Mass society.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11361203

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ISBN:	9780226218830 022621883X 9780226389769
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 7, 2015).
Summary:	Stateville penitentiary in Illinois has housed some of Chicago's most infamous criminals and was proclaimed to be ""the world's toughest prison"" by Joseph Ragen, Stateville's powerful warden from 1936 to 1961. It shares with Attica, San Quentin, and Jackson the notoriety of being one of the maximum security prisons that has shaped the public's conception of imprisonment. In Stateville James B. Jacobs, a sociologist and legal scholar, presents the first historical examination of a total prison organization-administrators, guards, prisoners, and special interest groups. Jacobs applies Edward Shi.
Other form:	Print version: Jacobs, James B. Stateville : The Penitentiary in Mass Society. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1753 9780226389769

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Morris Janowitz; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Authoritarian Regime; 1. The Search for a Stable Equilibrium, 1925-36; 2. Emergence of Personal Dominance, 1936-61; 3. Challenge to Institutional Authority, 1961-70; Part II. The Search for a New Equilibrium; 4. Emergence of a Professional Administration, 1970-75; 5. Intrusion of the Legal System and Interest Groups; 6. Penetration of the Gangs; 7. Transition of the Guard Force; 8. Overview: Restoration and Beyond; Appendix 1: Participant Observation among Prisoners; Appendix 2: Tables; Notes; Index.

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