College in prison : reading in an age of mass incarceration / Daniel Karpowitz.
College in prison : reading in an age of mass incarceration / Daniel Karpowitz.
College in prison : reading in an age of mass incarceration / Daniel Karpowitz.
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Publisher
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
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G 2017/5768
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxii, 208 pages ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: A Note on Text -- 1. Getting In: Conflicting Voices and the Politics of College in Prison -- 2. Landscapes: BPI and Mass Incarceration -- 3. Going to Class: Reading Crime and Punishment -- 4. The First Graduation: Figures of Speech -- 5. Replication and Conclusions: College, Prison, an...
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Publisher
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"This book tells the story of the Bard Prison Initiative--a unique example of academic excellence unfolding inside high-security prisons across New York. Through the Initiative, hundreds of incarcerated men and women go to Bard College full-time while still in prison, and thrive at the highest academic levels the college has to offer. This remarkab...
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College in prison : reading in an age of mass incarceration / Daniel Karpowitz.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2017
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G 2017/5768
Record Identifier
74VKVgBd6zm3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgBd6zm3
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ISBN
0813584140 (e-book ; web pdf)
9780813584126 (hardcover)
0813584124 (hardcover)
9780813584133 (e-book ; epub)
0813584132 (e-book ; epub)
9780813584140 (e-book ; web pdf)
DDC
365.66609747
MMS ID
991024148814802626
