Prison State : The Challenge of Mass Incarceration

Name: Prison State
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521885850
Price: 10600 KES
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ISBN: 9780521885850

by Anne Morrison Piehl , Bert Useem

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Format Hardback

Book Series Cambridge Studies in Criminology

ISBN-10 052188585X

ISBN-13 9780521885850

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 10th, 2008

Print length 234 Pages

Weight 520 grams

Dimensions 23.40 x 15.70 x 1.90 cms

Product Classification: Penology and punishment Prisons

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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.

During 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 the impact on crime and on the labour 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?

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