The professional convict's tale : the survival of John O'Neill in and out of prison / edited by Elmer H. Johnson

Author:: O'Neill, John, 1917-
Published:: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2007]
Copyright Date:: ©2007
Physical Description:: xvi, 252 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: Johnson, Elmer H. (Elmer Hubert), 1917-2008

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Contents:

Introduction : John O'Neill's story and the imprisonment boom -- The professional convict's prison career -- Survival in prison : seeking normality in an abnormal setting -- The bizarre world of the keepers and the kept -- Relations between the keepers and kept -- Self-rehabilitation : its potential and limitations -- Parole : "doing time on the street" -- Epilogue : a felicitous niche for O'Neill.

Subject(s):

O'Neill, John, 1917-
Prisoners—United States—Biography
Parole—United States
Prisons—United States

ISBN:

0809326981 (cloth : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246) and index.

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