Lockdown America : Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis

Name: Lockdown America
Brand: Verso Books
SKU: 9781844672493
Price: 4250 KES
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ISBN: 9781844672493

by Christian Parenti

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 1844672492

ISBN-13 9781844672493

Publisher Verso Books

Imprint Verso Books

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 17th, 2008

Print length 306 Pages

Weight 498 grams

Dimensions 23.40 x 15.50 x 2.30 cms

Product Classification: Police & security services Police and security services Crime & criminology Crime and criminology

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Updated edition of the classic examination of the link between crime and politics

Why is criminal justice so central to American politics? Lockdown America notonly documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing,prisons, a fortified border, and the federalization of the war oncrime, it also explains the political and economic history behind themassive crackdown. This updated edition includes an afterword on the War on Terror, a meditation on surveillance and the specter of terrorism as they help reanimate the criminal justice attack. Written in vivid prose, Lockdown America willpropel readers toward a deeper understanding of the links between crimeand politics in a period of gathering economic crisis.

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