Pre-Owned Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration Hardcover 0814742742 9780814742747 from other stores

  • After overseeing the largest city jail system in the US Michael Jacobson knows... After overseeing the largest city jail system in the US Michael Jacobson knows first-hand the inner workings of the corrections system. Here he argues that mass incarceration will not as many have claimed reduce crime nor create more public safety.... more
  • A convincing argument that mass incarceration neither reduces crime nor ensure... A convincing argument that mass incarceration neither reduces crime nor ensures safety Over two million people are incarcerated in America s prisons and jails eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing parole agencies intent on... more
  • A convincing argument that mass incarceration neither reduces crime nor ensure... A convincing argument that mass incarceration neither reduces crime nor ensures safety Over two million people are incarcerated in America s prisons and jails eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing parole agencies intent on... more
  • A convincing argument that mass incarceration neither reduces crime nor ensure... A convincing argument that mass incarceration neither reduces crime nor ensures safety Over two million people are incarcerated in America s prisons and jails eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing parole agencies intent on... more
  • The dramatic increase in U.S. prison populations since the 1970s is often blam... The dramatic increase in U.S. prison populations since the 1970s is often blamed on the mandatory sentencing required by three strikes laws and other punitive crime bills. Michael O Hear shows that the blame is actually not so easily assigned. His... more
  • This short text ideal for Social Problems and Criminal Justice courses examine... This short text ideal for Social Problems and Criminal Justice courses examines the American prison system its conditions and its impact on society. Wehr and Aseltine define the prison industrial complex and explain how the current prison system is... more
  • American conservatism rose hand-in-hand with the growth of mass incarceration.... American conservatism rose hand-in-hand with the growth of mass incarceration. For decades conservatives deployed tough on crime rhetoric to attack liberals as out-of-touch elitists who coddled criminals while the nation spiraled toward disorder. As... more
  • Nearly every job application asks it: have you ever been convicted of a crime?... Nearly every job application asks it: have you ever been convicted of a crime? For the hundreds of thousands of young men leaving American prisons each year their answer to that question may determine whether they can find work and begin rebuilding... more
  • One out of every ten prisoners in the United States is serving a life sentence... One out of every ten prisoners in the United States is serving a life sentence--roughly 130 000 people. While some have been sentenced to life in prison without parole the majority of prisoners serving life will be released back into society. But... more
  • A groundbreaking reassessment of the American prison system challenging the wi... A groundbreaking reassessment of the American prison system challenging the widely accepted explanations for our exploding incarceration rates A must-read for anyone who dreams of an America that is not the world s most imprisoned nation. --Chris... more
  • At no time in history and certainly in no other democratic society have prison... At no time in history and certainly in no other democratic society have prisons been filled so quickly and to such capacity than in the United States. And nowhere has this growth been more concentrated than in the disadvantaged--and primarily... more
  • The dramatic increase in U.S. prison populations since the 1970s is often blam... The dramatic increase in U.S. prison populations since the 1970s is often blamed on the mandatory sentencing required by three strikes laws and other punitive crime bills. Michael O Hear shows that the blame is actually not so easily assigned. His... more
  • An old social phenomenon known today as cancel culture is largely responsible ... An old social phenomenon known today as cancel culture is largely responsible for America s incessantly high crime incarceration and recidivism rates. It began with the unreasonable discrimination and disenfranchisement of virtually all ex-prisoners... more
  • Pre-Owned - America s criminal justice policy reflects irrational fears stoked... Pre-Owned - America s criminal justice policy reflects irrational fears stoked by politicians seeking to win election. A preeminent legal scholar argues that reform guided by evidence not politics and emotions will reduce crime and reverse mass... more
  • A persuasive and essential (Matthew Desmond) work that will forever change how... A persuasive and essential (Matthew Desmond) work that will forever change how we look at life after prison in America through Miller s stunning and deeply painful reckoning with our nation s carceral system (Heather Ann Thompson). Each year more... more
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