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Prison state : the challenge of mass incarceration /
"Since the late 1970s, the prison population in America has shot upward to reach a staggering 1.5 million by the end of 2005. This book takes a broad, critical look at incarceration, the huge social experiment of American society. The authors investigate the causes and consequences of the priso...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Since the late 1970s, the prison population in America has shot upward to reach a staggering 1.5 million by the end of 2005. This book takes a broad, critical look at incarceration, the huge social experiment of American society. The authors investigate the causes and consequences of the prison buildup, often challenging previously held notions from scholarly and public discourse. By examining such themes as social discontent, safety and security within prisons, and the impact on crime and on the labor market, Bert Useem and Anne Morrison Piehl use evidence to address the inevitable larger questions: where should incarceration go next for American society, and where is it likely to go?"--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 221 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-213) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511388415 0511388411 0511387423 9780511387425 9780511813573 0511813570 9786611255121 6611255125 1107186633 9781107186637 1281255122 9781281255129 0511382758 9780511382758 0511386419 9780511386411 0511384580 9780511384585 |