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Prison State: The Challenge of Mass Incarceration (Cambridge Studies in Criminology) Book

Since the late 1970s, the prison population in America has shot upward to reach a staggering 1.5 million by the end of 2005. This book takes a broad, critical look at incarceration, the huge social experiment of American society. The authors...Read More

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

  • Pickabook

    Bert Useem, Anne Morrison Piehl

  • Book Description

    This book takes a broad, critical look at the dramatic increase in incarceration in American society over the past 25 years. The authors use new evidence to challenge previously held notions about the causes and consequences of such a large prison population in American society.

  • Product Description

    Within the past 25 years, the prison population in America shot upward to reach a staggering 1.53 million by 2005. This book takes a broad, critical look at incarceration, the huge social experiment of American society. The authors investigate the causes and consequences of the prison buildup, often challenging previously held notions from scholarly and public discourse. By examining such themes as social discontent, safety and security within prisons, and impact on crime and on the labor market, Piehl and Useem use evidence to address the inevitable larger question, where should incarceration go next for American society, and where is it likely to go?

  • 0521713390
  • 9780521713399
  • Bert Useem, Anne Morrison Piehl
  • 10 March 2008
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 236
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