The punishment imperative : the rise and failure of mass incarceration in America /

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Over the last 35 years, the United States penal system has grown at a rate unprecedented in U.S. history, five times larger than in the past and grossly out of scale with the rest of the world. This growth was part of a sustained and intentional effort to "get tough" on crime, and characte...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Clear, Todd R. (Author), Frost, Natasha A., 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Imprisonment > United States.
Corrections > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Emprisonnement > États-Unis.
Services correctionnels > États-Unis.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Corrections
Criminal justice, Administration of
Imprisonment
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The beginning of the end of the punishment imperative
  • The contours of mass incarceration
  • The punishment imperative as a grand social experiment
  • The policies of the punishment imperative
  • Two views on the objectives of the punishment imperative
  • Assessing the punishment imperative
  • Dismantling the punishment imperative.

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