Do prisons make us safer?: the benefits and costs of the prison boom

Introduction / Steven Raphael and Michael Stoll -- Why are so many Americans in prison / Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll -- The origins of mass incarceration in New York State : the Rockefeller drug laws and the local war on drugs / David F. Weiman and Christopher Weiss -- The impact of prison o...

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Contributors: Raphael, Steven (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York Russell Sage Foundation 2009
In:Year: 2009
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 3641
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Keywords:
Corrections > United States
Prison administration > United States
Prisons > United States
USA > Freiheitsstrafe > Rechtspolitik
USA > Freiheitsstrafe > Soziale Kosten