Alcatraz: the gangster years/ David A. Ward ; with Gene Kassebaum.
Material type: TextPublication details: Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009Description: xxvii, 548 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780520256071 (alk. paper); 0520256077 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Prisons -- California -- Alcatraz Island -- History | Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- HistoryDDC classification: 365.979461Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 365.979461 WAR/A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P18223 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-522) and index.
Part I. Alcatraz from 1934 to 1948
1. The Federal Government's War on Public Enemies
2. A New Form of Imprisonment
3. Selecting the "Worst of the Worst"
4. The "Program"
5. Organized Resistance: A Regime Tested
6. Finding a Hole in the Rock: The First Escape Attempts
7. Alcatraz on Trial
8. The War Years
9. The Battle of Alcatraz
Part II. Life on the Rock For Resisters and Public Enemies
10. Resistance and Adaptation
11. Outlaws among Outlaws: Individual Resisters
12. Celebrity Prisoners
Part III. Alcatraz as an Experiment in Penal Policy
13. Return to the Free World
14. Lessons from Alcatraz for "Supermax" Prisons
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