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Updated annually, Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online gives you instant access to the most authoritative and up-to-date scholarship in the field of sociology.
A comprehensive reference that presents an overview of imprisonment in the nation that knows it best (i.e., with the highest incarceration rate in the world).
Encyclopedia of American Prisons
Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies
Encyclopedia of the City