Lockdown America : Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis
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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 servicesPolice and security servicesCrime & criminologyCrime 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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