The Jail: Managing the Underclass in American Society - John Irwin - Books - University of California Press - 9780520277342 - September 14, 2013
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The Jail: Managing the Underclass in American Society

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Combining extensive interviews with his own experience as an inmate, this book constructs a powerful and graphic description of the big-city jail. It argues that rather than controlling the disreputable, jail disorients and degrades these people, indoctrinating new recruits to the rabble class.


176 pages, black & white tables

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 14, 2013
ISBN13 9780520277342
Publishers University of California Press
Pages 176
Dimensions 139 × 207 × 11 mm   ·   204 g

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