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Acknowledgments

Several persons attached to the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department made it possible for me to study the San Francisco jails. Former Sheriff Richard Hongisto had created prisoner services, through which I was admitted into the jail. Guy Crouch, who was the director of prisoner services when I began my research, actually accepted me into prisoner services, which gained my clearance at the jail. Many other prisoner services staff—particularly Lou Valla, Ron Perez, Ann Walls, Mike Marcum, Andrea Elukovich, David Hoerl, Johnnie Drennon, Willy Gray, and Richard Baxter—assisted me in my work. Michael Hennessey was elected sheriff in the middle of the study and gave me full cooperation. Several people in the San Francisco OR project and the public defender’s office, particularly Ken Babb, Wendy Mengel, Peter Keane, Maria Zamora, and Mogel Christanson, also helped me considerably.

Nancy Strachan assisted me with some of the research and the analysis of data. Louise Doyle also assisted in this phase of the research.

In the spring of 1981 I received a grant from the National Institute of Corrections (NIC), which allowed me to complete the second half of a year’s leave from teaching, during which I began writing this book. I must thank Allen Breed, who was the director of NIC at that time and made this grant possible. Also, Bruce Bounds at NIC’s Jail Center was helpful during the period of the grant and especially during a visit I made to the center. Paul Katsampes and Mark Pogerebin, also at the center, read chapters, made suggestions, and arranged two forums at which I presented ideas from my work.

During 1983 I was attached to a study of the jail conducted by the National Council of Crime and Delinquency funded by the National Institute of Justice. James Austin and Pat Jackson, who conducted that study, provided me access to the Los Angeles and Yolo County jails, supplied me with data, and reviewed drafts of my study.

I experienced many difficulties in organizing and writing this book and am indebted to a very large number of people who assisted me along the way. My wife, Marsha Rosenbaum, read each draft and made thoughtful comments. Sheldon Messinger, Troy Duster, David Wellman, Barbara Owen, James Austin, and D. Alan Henry read whole or parts of drafts and made constructive comments. David Matza, David Minkus, and Hardy Frey discussed the study with me and made valuable suggestions. Carol Warren and Howard Becker read it more than once and assisted me tremendously. The comments of U.C. Press’s anonymous reviewers were very helpful; one person in particular gave the manuscript three thorough readings.

Finally, I wish to acknowledge the in-depth contribution of Gene Tanke, who edited the final draft and is largely responsible for its readability.