Anne Morrison Piehl, Bert Useem

Prison State

The Challenge of Mass Incarceration

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the recent prison buildup and its impact on American society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 387g
• ISBN-13: 9780521713399
• ISBN-10: 0521713390
• Artikelnr.: 23415074

Autorenporträt

Bert Useem is Professor of Sociology at Purdue University, Indiana. He previously taught sociology at University of New Mexico and was Director of the Institute for Social Research there. He is author of Resolution of Prison Riots: Strategy and Policies (with Camille Camp and George Camp, 1996) and States of Siege: US Prison Riots, 1971-1986 (with Peter A. Kimball, 1989).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The buildup to mass incarceration
2. Causes of the prison buildup
3. More prison, less crime?
4. Prison buildup and disorder
5. The buildup and inmate release
6. Implications of the buildup for labor markets
7. Conclusion: right-sizing prison.