Locked in : the true causes of mass incarceration -- and how to achieve real reform / John F. Pfaff.
Locked in : the true causes of mass incarceration -- and how to achieve real reform / John F. Pfaff.
Locked in : the true causes of mass incarceration -- and how to achieve real reform / John F. Pfaff.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
New York, NY : Basic Books, [2017]
Call Numbers
G 2017/5797
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : American exceptionalism -- Part I. The standard story. The war on drugs -- A brief history of time (served) -- Private prisons, public spending -- Costs of the standard story -- Part II. A new narrative. The man behind the curtain -- The broken politics of punishment -- The third rail...
Publication information
Publisher
New York, NY : Basic Books, [2017]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
"In the 1970s, the United States had an incarceration rate comparable to those of other liberal democracies-and that rate had held steady for over 100 years. Yet today, though the US is home to only about 5 percent of the world's population, we hold nearly one quarter of its prisoners. Mass incarceration is now widely considered one of the biggest...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Locked in : the true causes of mass incarceration -- and how to achieve real reform / John F. Pfaff.
Portion of title
True causes of mass incarceration -- and how to achieve real reform
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-295) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2017
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2017/5797
Record Identifier
74VKVgyVldjA
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgyVldjA
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780465096916 (hardcover)
0465096913 (hardcover)
DDC
365.973
MMS ID
991024148701402626
