Caught: the prison state and the lockdown of American politics

"The huge prison buildup of the past four decades has few defenders today, yet reforms to reduce the number of people in U.S. jails and prisons have been remarkably modest. Meanwhile, a carceral state has sprouted in the shadows of mass imprisonment, extending its reach far beyond the prison ga...

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Main Author: Gottschalk, Marie (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton Oxford Princeton University Press 2015
In:Year: 2015
Online Access: Book review (H-Net)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 7224
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Keywords:
Corrections > Political aspects > United States
Freiheitsstrafe
Imprisonment > Government policy > United States
LAW / Criminal Law / General
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
Prisons > United States
Social Science / Criminology
USA > Freiheitsstrafe > Rechtspolitik
USA > Strafvollzug > Rechtspolitik
United States > Politics and government