Library Guides: Prison Reform: Books

LC Subject Headings

Many books on the topic will be under the following subject headings or their narrower terms. Some subject headings that may be useful include:

The future of imprisonment

Editor: Michael Tonry

Published: 2004

ISBN: 0195161637

Maconochie’s gentlemen : the story of Norfolk Island & the roots of modern prison reform

Author: Norval Morris

Published: 2002

ISBN: 0195146077

The prison reform movement : forlorn hope

Author: Larry E. Sullivan

Published: 1990

ISBN: 0805797394

Criminal justice : opposing viewpoints

Editor: Tamara L. Roleff

Published: 2003

ISBN: 0737716789

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