Race to incarcerate
by Marc Mauer
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"The use of incarceration in the United States has increased five-fold since 1973. Twenty-nine percent of black males born today can expect to be imprisoned in their lifetime."--BOOK JACKET. "Race to Incarcerate tells the chilling story of this unprecedented explosion in the prison population, demonstrating how the dramatic expansion of prisons and jails has failed to have any substantial impact on crime."--BOOK JACKET.
"Exploring the intersection of race and class that underpins current politics and crime policy. Race to Incarcerate traces the political history of these developments and shows how, ultimately, we still blame and punish the least fortunate for America's social problems."--BOOK JACKET.
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Administration of Criminal justice, Crime prevention, Criminal justice, Administration of, Discrimination in criminal justice administration, Imprisonment, Prison sentences, Rassendiscriminatie, Prisons, Gevangenisstraf, Administration, Crime, Strafrecht, Prejudice, Overheidsbeleid, Politique criminelle, Lutte contre, Criminalité, Punishment, Crimal Law, Justice pénale, Prevention & control, Criminal Law, Criminal law, united statesPlaces
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Race to incarcerate
2006, New Press, Distributed by W.W. Norton
in English
- Rev. and updated, pbk. ed.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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In this revised edition of his seminal book on race, class, and the criminal justice system, Marc Mauer, executive director of one of the United States’ leading criminal justice reform organizations, offers the most up-to-date look available at three decades of prison expansion in America.
Including newly written material on recent developments under the Bush administration and updated statistics, graphs, and charts throughout, the book tells the tragic story of runaway growth in the number of prisons and jails and the overreliance on imprisonment to stem problems of economic and social development. Called “sober and nuanced” by Publishers Weekly, Race to Incarcerate documents the enormous financial and human toll of the “get tough” movement, and argues for more humane—and productive—alternatives.
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