LibGuides: SOC-3020 v1: Week 3 Resources

Week 3 Resources

Chapter 4: Institutional Corrections
Burek, M., Lab, S., & Buerger, M. (2021). Corrections: The essentials. Oxford University Press.
This is your RedShelf text found in the Getting Started module of your course. This chapter introduces you to institutional life within a prison, the prison subculture, and prisoner rights.

Prisoner Rights
FindLaw. (2020). Rights of inmates.
https://civilrights.findlaw.com/other-constitutional-rights/rights-of-inmates.html
This website provides an overview of the rights of prisoners.
Rights of Prisoners Confined in State and Local Jails and Prisons
U.S. Department of Justice. (N.D.). Rights of persons confined to jails and prisons.
https://www.justice.gov/crt/rights-persons-confined-jails-and-prisons
This website discusses the special Litigation Section of the Department of justice, which is responsible for investigating and protecting the rights of individuals incarcerated in state or local prisons and jails.
Human Rights and Criminal Justice
American Civil Liberties Union. (2020). Human rights and criminal justice.
https://www.aclu.org/issues/human-rights/human-rights-and-criminal-justice
This website talks about the constitutional and human rights of prisoners and outlines what the American Civil Liberties Union suggests needs to be done for the United States prison system to abide by the international human rights standards.
Effects of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Age on Incarceration Decisions
Freiburger, T. L., & Sheeran, A. M. (2020). The Joint Effects of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Age on the Incarceration and Sentence Length Decisions. Race and Justice, 10(2), 203-222. https://doi.org/10.1177/2153368717739676
This article looks at how sentencing and incarceration decisions are impacted by race, ethnicity, gender, and age.
Conditions of Confinement
Wildeman, C., Fitzpatrick, M. D., & Goldman, A. W. (2018). Conditions of Confinement in American Prisons and Jails. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 14, 29. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-101317-031025
This article looks at how conditions vary between jails, state prisons, and federal institutions.