The politics of imprisonment : how the democratic process shapes the way America punishes offenders /

The attention devoted to the unprecedented levels of imprisonment in the United States obscure an obvious but understudied aspect of criminal justice: there is no consistent punishment policy across the U.S. It is up to individual states to administer their criminal justice systems, and the differen...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Barker, Vanessa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:Studies in crime and public policy.
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States > States.
Criminals > United States > States.
Imprisonment > United States > States.
Equality > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States > States.
Criminels > États-Unis > États.
Emprisonnement > États-Unis > États.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > États-Unis > États.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis > États.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Criminal justice, Administration of > U.S. states
Criminals > U.S. states
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > U.S. states
Equality
Imprisonment > U.S. states
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Imprisonment and the democratic process
  • Explaining penal regime variation : political structures and collective agency
  • The case of California : neopopulism and retribution
  • Washington State deliberates : from fortress prison to de-escalation
  • New York : elite pragmatism and managerialism
  • Democratic governance, social trust, and penal order.

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