Understanding mass incarceration : a people's guide to the key civil rights struggle of our time /

"We all know that orange is the new black and mass incarceration is the new Jim Crow, but how much do we actually know about the structure, goals, and impact of our criminal justice system? Understanding Mass Incarceration offers the first comprehensive overview of the incarceration apparatus p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kilgore, James William, 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : The New Press, [2015]
Temas:
Imprisonment > United States > History.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States > History.
Alternatives to imprisonment > United States.
Civil rights > United States.
Criminals > Rehabilitation > United States.
Emprisonnement > États-Unis > Histoire.
Emprisonnement > Alternative > États-Unis.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
Réhabilitation > États-Unis.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Alternatives to imprisonment
Civil rights
Criminal justice, Administration of
Criminals > Rehabilitation
Imprisonment
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part one: The basics of mass incarceration. A snapshot of the system
  • Building popular support for growing the prison system
  • "Lock 'em up and throw away the key" : the rise of mass incarceration
  • Part two: The many faces of "tough on crime." The war on drugs
  • The war on immigrants
  • The death of rehabilitation
  • Jail : the local face of mass incarceration
  • The school-to-prison pipeline
  • Part three: The gendered threads of punishment. The folks left behind
  • Women's prisons
  • Part four: Prison profiteers. Private prisons
  • Incarceration, Inc.
  • Part five: Ending mass incarceration. Changing the mind-set
  • Organizing to end mass incarceration.

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