NCJ Number
58225
Date Published
1979
Length
235 pages
Annotation
A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PRISON MEMOIRS ABOUT EXPERIENCES IN U.S. PENAL INSTITUTIONS, THIS BOOK CONTAINS NEARLY 800 REFERENCES TO WORKS PUBLISHED BETWEEN THE LATE 1700'S AND 1978.
Abstract
THE MEMOIRS ARE PRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: (1) CIVIL PRISONERS, DIVIDED INTO CRIMINALS AND PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE, AND INCLUDING PAPERS BY LABOR LEADERS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE UNION MOVEMENT, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS, FREE-THINKERS, FREE-SPEAKERS AND DEMONSTRATORS; (2) VOLUNTARY PRISONERS COMMITTED OF THEIR OWN WILL FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING AND REPORTING ON INSTITUTIONS AND PRISONS: AND (3) MILITARY PRISONERS, SUCH AS PRISONERS OF WAR (INCLUDING THE U.S. REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS) OR INDIVIDUALS GUILTY OF SUCH WAR CRIMES AS BLOCKADE RUNNING OR VIOLATION OF MARTIAL LAW. ACCOUNTS ARE ALSO INCLUDED OF JAPANESE AMERICANS WHO WERE SENT TO RELOCATION CENTERS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE U.S. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THE ENTRIES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CIVIL WAR SELECTIONS, ARE ANNOTATED. THE BIBLIOGRAPHY IS SUGGESTED FOR USE BY CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCHERS, PRISON EMPLOYEES, PRISONERS, BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS, AND LIBRARIES. A LIST OF SOURCE DOCUMENTS AND AN INDEX ARE PROVIDED AS WELL AS A USER'S GUIDE. (DAG)