In This Updated New Edition, Rothman Chronicles And Examines Incarceration Of The Criminal, The Deviant, And The Dependent In U.s. Society, With A Focus On How And Why These Methods Have Persisted And Expanded For Over A Century And A Half, Despite Longstanding Evidence Of Their Failures And Abuses. A New Epilogue, Written For This Aldine Paperback Edition, Assesses Prison Conditions In America Over The Past Two Decades And The More Recent Failed Attempts To Reform Them. -- Back Cover