Prisoners of Politics : Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration /
America's criminal justice system reflects irrational fears stoked by politicians seeking to win election. Pointing to specific policies that are morally problematic and have failed to end the cycle of recidivism, Rachel Barkow argues that reform guided by evidence, not politics and emotions, w...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2019]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Sumario: | America's criminal justice system reflects irrational fears stoked by politicians seeking to win election. Pointing to specific policies that are morally problematic and have failed to end the cycle of recidivism, Rachel Barkow argues that reform guided by evidence, not politics and emotions, will reduce crime and reverse mass incarceration. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
ISBN: | 9780674238992 9783110652031 |
Acceso: | restricted access |