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Vitek And Beyond: The Empirical Context Of Prison-To-Hospital Transfers, Eliot Hartstone, Henry J. Steadman, John Monahan
Vitek And Beyond: The Empirical Context Of Prison-To-Hospital Transfers, Eliot Hartstone, Henry J. Steadman, John Monahan
Law and Contemporary Problems
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Section 1983: Doctrinal Foundations And An Empirical Study, Theodore Eisenberg
Section 1983: Doctrinal Foundations And An Empirical Study, Theodore Eisenberg
Cornell Law Review
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Legal Aspects Of Prison Riots, Ira Robbins
Legal Aspects Of Prison Riots, Ira Robbins
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Introduction: Riots are a recurrent phenomenon in American prisons. In the 1950s and the early 1970s, major riots erupted in prisons across the country, and many have occurred in the past several years.' Riots will continue to occur as long as the dominant function of prisons is the custodial confinement of inmates. As one commentator explains, "The way to make a strong bomb is to build a strong perimeter and generate pressure inside. Similarly, riots occur where ... pressures and demands are generated in the presence of strong custodial confinement."When such a bomb detonates and a prison riot erupts, a …
Legal Aspects Of Prison Riots, Ira P. Robbins
Legal Aspects Of Prison Riots, Ira P. Robbins
Ira P. Robbins