Prison Life and Human Worth

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Author:

Paul W. Keve

It is a much more constructive work than most of the popular books deploring prisons, and much more objective and profound in its deploring than most. The main distinction is its explanation of the defects of prisons; rather than blaming them on evil people it points to the causes and it proposes realistic remedies.

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Daniel Glaser

Paul W. Keve is widely known in the corrections field, both as a practitioner and as a writer. After serving as director of court services for Hennepin County, Minnesota, he was appointed commissioner of corrections for Minnesota. Subsequently, he served as director of crime control and justice programs for the American Technical Assistance Corporation and then became director of adult corrections for the state of Delaware. He is the author of three books, in addition to Prison Life and Human Worth, published by the University of Minnesota Press: Prison, Probation, or Parole? and The Probation Officer Investigates.

It is a much more constructive work than most of the popular books deploring prisons, and much more objective and profound in its deploring than most. The main distinction is its explanation of the defects of prisons; rather than blaming them on evil people it points to the causes and it proposes realistic remedies.

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Daniel Glaser