Prisoners of politics : breaking the cycle of mass incarceration /

America has the highest incarceration rate in the world among major nations not because of expert assessments of how to tackle crime, but because of piecemeal emotional reactions in jurisdictions throughout the United States to high-profile crimes and public fear. The results have been predictably b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barkow, Rachel E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.
Temas:
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Planning > United States.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Criminal justice, Administration of > Planning
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Misleading monikers
  • Senseless sentencing
  • Counterproductive confinement
  • Obsolete outcomes
  • Collateral calamities
  • Populist politics
  • Institutional intransigence
  • Policing prosecutors
  • Engaging experts
  • Catalyzing courts.

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