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Prisons

By: John Hagedorn
In: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World
Edited by: Karen Christensen & David Levinson
Subject:Community Psychology, Sociology of Communities

Nearly 2 million people are in jails or prisons in the United States today, a rate of 690 per 100,000, the highest reported rate in the world. While this American emphasis on incarceration affects the entire society, its impact is especially ...

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  Hagedorn, J. (2003). Prisons. In K. Christensen & D. Levinson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of community: From the village to the virtual world (Vol. 1, pp. 1100-1101). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781412952583.n391
  
  Hagedorn, John. "Prisons." In Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World, edited by Karen Christensen and David Levinson, 1100-1101. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2003. doi: 10.4135/9781412952583.n391.
  
  Hagedorn, J 2003, 'Prisons', in Christensen, K & Levinson, D (eds), Encyclopedia of community: from the village to the virtual world, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 1100-1101, viewed 26 November 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781412952583.n391.
  
  Hagedorn, John. "Prisons." Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World. Eds. Karen Christensen and David Levinson. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2003. 1100-1101. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 26 Nov. 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781412952583.n391.
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