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May 2, 2003
BOISE STATE PROFS EDIT BOOK
ON THE EXPERIENCE OF PRISON INMATES
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With the prison population of the United States exceeding that of any other industrialized country, a new book helps sort out who the inmates are and how the prison experience affects them. Edited by Mary Stohr and Craig Hemmens, The Inmate Prison Experience (Prentice-Hall, 328 pages, softcover, $40) is a collection of relevant research on the prison experience. Divided into four sections, the book looks at overall adjustment to prison as well as individual, institutional and societal adjustment factors. Eighteen articles written by experts in the field cover topics ranging from the impact of prison on self-esteem and acceptance of prison as a way of life to the effect of overcrowding and the incarceration of women and youthful offenders. Each of the four sections includes a set of discussion questions, allowing for the book�s use as a course textbook.
Stohr and Hemmens are both professors in the criminal justice administration department at Boise State University. Stohr, who is completing a term as department chair, has focused her teaching and research on the nature and operation of correctional institutions. Hemmens, who will take over as department chair this summer, has conducted research on the attitudes of prison inmates and staff, and on the operation of prison drug treatment programs.
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