Incapacitation: Penal Confinement and the Restraint of Crime (Studies in Crime and Public Policy) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Incapacitation: Penal Confinement and the Restraint of Crime (Studies in Crime and Public Policy) Book

The one, sure way that imprisonment prevents crime is by restraining offenders from committing crimes while they are locked up. Called "incapacitation" by experts in criminology, this effect has become the dominant justification for imprisonment in the United States. This book is the first comprehensive assessment of incapacitation. Zimring and Hawkins show the increasing reliance on restraint to justify imprisonment, analyze the existing theories on incapacitation's effects, assess the current empirical research, report a new study, and explore the links between what is known about incapacitation and what it tells us about our criminal justice policy. An insightful evaluation of a pressing policy issue, Incapacitation is a vital contribution to the current debates on our criminal justice system.Read More

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  • 019511583X
  • 9780195115833
  • Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins
  • 2 October 1997
  • OUP USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 208
  • New Ed
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