The Punishment Imperative : : The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in America /

The Punishment Imperative : : The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in America / / Todd R. Clear, Natasha A. Frost.

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Over the last 40 years, the US penal system has grown at an unprecedented rate-five times larger than in the past and grossly out of scale with the rest of the world. In The Punishment Imperative, eminent criminologists Todd R. Clear and Natasha A. Frost argue that America’s move to mass incarcerati...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Clear, Todd R.,
Frost, Natasha A.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Beginning of the End of the Punishment Imperative
  • 2. The Contours of Mass Incarceration
  • 3. The Punishment Imperative as a Grand Social Experiment
  • 4. The Policies of the Punishment Imperative
  • 5. Two Views on the Objectives of the Punishment Imperative
  • 6. Assessing the Punishment Imperative
  • 7. Dismantling the Punishment Imperative
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Authors

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