Locked in
The True Causes of Mass Incarceration--and How to Achieve Real Reform
New York : Basic Books, [2017]
Format: Book
Description: viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
"Pfaff argues that existing accounts of the causes of mass incarceration are fundamentally misguided. The most widely accepted explanations--the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons--actually tell us much less than we like to think. Instead, Pfaff urges us to look at other factors, including a major shift in prosecutor behavior that occurred in the mid-1990s, when prosecutors began bringing felony charges against arrestees about twice as often as they had before"--Amazon.com.
Contents:
Introduction: American exceptionalism -- The standard story: The war on drugs. A brief history of time (served). Private prisons, public spending. Costs of the standard story -- A new narrative: The man behind the curtain. The broken politics of punishment. The third rail : violent offenses. Quo Vadis? -- Conclusion.
Subjects:
Imprisonment -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Corrections -- United States.
Imprisonment -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Corrections -- United States.
ISBN:
9780465096916
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Crime Punishment Pfa | Northeast Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.