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YAIncarceration Issues series.
Each of these books explores an issue, examining history, case studies, and arguments for and against different types of punishment. Accounts of prisoners on death row and their executions are presented in graphic detail. Though there are occasional typos in the text, sidebars and photographs (many staged) help clarify and extend the information. There are five other fall 2006 books in this series. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Incarceration Issues titles: Women in Prison, Alternatives to Prison, Incarceration around the World, The History of Incarceration, Prisoners on Death Row, and Youth in Prison.