Manny: A Criminal-Addict's Story
Rettig, Richard P.
ISBN 10: 0395248388 ISBN 13: 9780395248386
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977
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A timeless biography! This compelling life history of Manny Torres is a rich source of data about prison life, the life of the addict, and the hopelessness and helplessness in prisons everywhere. Rettig's much-cited classic traces Manny's elaborate career of deviance, including all his friends and enemies from his days of committing street crimes and their experiences with the punishment/treatment continuum that is always an issue in American prisons. Rettig's account--which uses a sociological viewpoint to elucidate a variety of theories in deviance and criminology--is as informative today as it was decades ago.
From the Publisher: Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Braswell et al., Human Relations & Corrections, Fifth Edition (ISBN 1577664272); Dei, Ties That Bind: Youth and Drugs in a Black Community (ISBN 1577661990); Haas-Alpert, The Dilemmas of Corrections: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Fifth Edition (ISBN 1577663985); Jones, Community Corrections (ISBN 157766261X); Kratcoski, Correctional Counseling and Treatment, Fifth Edition (ISBN 15776603462); Morash-Schram, The Prison Experience: Special Issues of Women in Prison (ISBN 1577662024); Quinn, Corrections: A Concise History, Second Edition (ISBN 1577662466); and Singer, The Face of Social Suffering: The Life History of a Street Drug Addict (ISBN 1577664329).
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Manny: A Criminal-Addict's Story
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Publication Date: 1977
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good