Prisoners of Politics : : Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration /

Prisoners of Politics : : Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration / / Rachel Elise Barkow.

America’s criminal justice system reflects irrational fears stoked by politicians seeking to win election. Pointing to specific policies that are morally problematic and have failed to end the cycle of recidivism, Rachel Barkow argues that reform guided by evidence, not politics and emotions, will r...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Barkow, Rachel Elise,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART ONE
  • 1. MISLEADING MONIKERS
  • 2. SENSELESS SENTENCING
  • 3. COUNTERPRODUCTIVE CONFINEMENT
  • 4. OBSOLETE OUTCOMES
  • 5. COLLATERAL CALAMITIES
  • PART TWO
  • 6. POPULIST POLITICS
  • 7. INSTITUTIONAL INTRANSIGENCE
  • PART THREE
  • 8. POLICING PROSECUTORS
  • 9. ENGAGING EXPERTS
  • 10. CATALYZING COURTS
  • CONCLUSION
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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