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The prison and the gallows : the politics of mass incarceration in America /
Throughout American history, crime and punishment have been central features of American political development. This book examines the development of four key movements that mediated the construction of the carceral state in important ways: the victims' movement, the women's movement, the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Throughout American history, crime and punishment have been central features of American political development. This book examines the development of four key movements that mediated the construction of the carceral state in important ways: the victims' movement, the women's movement, the prisoners' rights movement, and opponents of the death penalty. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 451 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-427) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521682916 9780521682916 0521864275 9780521864275 051122589X 9780511225895 0511225288 9780511225284 9780511226465 0511226462 9780511791093 0511791097 9780511224614 0511224613 9786610541416 6610541418 |