Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail
Awards:   Winner of Winner, 2022 C. Wright Mills Award, The Society for the Study of Social Problems Winner, 2022 Charles Horton Cooley Book Award, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Winner of Winner, 2022 Charles Horton Cooley Book Award, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Finalist, C. Wright Mills Award, The Society for the Study of Social Problems. Winner of Winner, 2022 Charles Horton Cooley Book Award, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.
Author:   Michael L. Walker (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780190072865


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   19 May 2022
Format:   Hardback
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  • Winner of Winner, 2022 C. Wright Mills Award, The Society for the Study of Social Problems Winner, 2022 Charles Horton Cooley Book Award, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.
  • Winner of Winner, 2022 Charles Horton Cooley Book Award, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Finalist, C. Wright Mills Award, The Society for the Study of Social Problems.
  • Winner of Winner, 2022 Charles Horton Cooley Book Award, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.

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Author:   Michael L. Walker (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 24.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 16.50cm
Weight:   0.608kg
ISBN:  

9780190072865


ISBN 10:   0190072865
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   19 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Introduction: Palace de Excreta 1. Constructing Criminals 2. The Rep System 3. The Politics 4. Jailing 5. Time 6. Sleep 7. Care 8. ""Court Bodies"" 9. Deputies 10. It Is What It Is Epilogue Notes References Index"

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Indefinite argues that legitimate change in the way this country deals with people accused of breaking the law would have to begin with the recognition of their humanity. --The Arts Fuse


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Michael L. Walker is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. His broad research interests include social control, stratification, and inequality, which he pursues through studies of the criminal justice system.

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