Golden gulag : prisons, surplus, crisis, and opposition in globalizing California /

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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."...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gilmore, Ruth Wilson, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.
Series:American crossroads ; 21.
Subjects:
Prisons > California.
Prisons > Economic aspects > California.
Imprisonment > California.
Criminal justice, Administration of > California.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > California.
Minorities > California.
Prisons > Californie.
Prisons > Aspect économique > Californie.
Emprisonnement > Californie.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > Californie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Economic history
Imprisonment
Minorities
Prisons
Prisons > Economic aspects
Rassendiskriminierung
Sozioökonomischer Wandel
Strafjustiz
Strafvollzug
California > Economic conditions.
Californie > Conditions économiques.
California
Kalifornien
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The bus
  • Introduction
  • The California political economy
  • The prison fix
  • Crime, croplands, and capitalism
  • Mothers Reclaiming Our Children
  • What is to be done?
  • Epilogue: Another bus.

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