The environmental psychology of prisons and jails : creating humane spaces in secure settings / Richard E. Wener.
This book distills thirty years of research on the impacts of jail and prison environments. The research program began with evaluations of new jails that were created by the US Bureau of Prisons, which had a novel design intended to provide a non-traditional and safe environment for pre-trial inmate...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Cambridge series in environment and behavior.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Historical view
- The development of direct supervision as a design and management system
- Post-occupancy evaluations of the earliest DS jails
- Effectiveness of direct supervision models
- Correctional space and behavior : privacy, personal space, and territoriality in institutions
- Prison crowding
- The psychology of isolation in prison settings
- The effects of noise in correctional settings
- Windows, light, nature, and color
- An environmental and contextual model of violence in jails and prisons
- Conclusion.