Islam in American prisons : black Muslims' challenge to American penology
/ by Hamid Reza Kusha
Farnham; Burlington
: Ashgate
, 2009.
x, 218 p.
Law, justice and power
Code E.Book: 2093
Index
Introduction -- Judea-Christian foundations of American penology -- American penal philosophy : an overview -- Black incarceration : an historical analysis, 1960-2007 -- Adverse impacts of incarceration -- Islam in American prisons -- Islam's challenge to American penology -- Conclusions.
Prisons -- United States -- History
Islam -- United States
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.