The growth of incarceration in the United States : exploring causes and consequences /

After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of imprisonment in the United States more than quadrupled during the last four decades. The U.S. penal population of 2.2 million adults is by far the largest in the world. Just under one-quarter of the world's prisoners are...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.)
Otros Autores: Travis, Jeremy (Editor ), Western, Bruce, 1964- (Editor ), Redburn, Steve (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, 2014.
Temas:
Imprisonment > United States.
Prisoners > United States > Social conditions.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Emprisonnement > États-Unis.
Prisonniers > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Imprisonment
Prisoners > Social conditions
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Rising incarceration rates
  • Policies and practices contributing to high rates of incarceration
  • The underlying causes of rising incarceration : crime, politics, and social change
  • The crime prevention effects of incarceration
  • The experience of imprisonment
  • Consequences for health and mental health
  • Consequences for employment and earnings
  • Consequences for families and children
  • Consequences for communities
  • Wider consequences for U.S. society
  • The prison in society : values and principles
  • Findings, conclusions, and implications.

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