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Golden gulag : prisons, surplus, crisis, and opposition in globalizing California /
Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called "the biggest prison building project in the history of the world."...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | American crossroads ;
21. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called "the biggest prison building project in the history of the world." Golden Gulag provides the first detailed explanation for that buildup by looking at how political and economic forces, ranging from global to local, conjoined to produce the prison boom. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (413 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-354) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520938038 0520938038 129998763X 9781299987630 0520222563 9780520222564 0520242017 9780520242012 |