Five Theses on Mass Incarceration

The article discusses mass incarceration in the U.S. and presents alternative ideas for penal reforms and "radical-reformist" agenda against the U.S. penal crisis. Topics include the America correctional crisis and technocratic solutions, social inequality in mainstream penal reform discou...

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Main Author: De Giorgi, Alessandro (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
In: Social justice
Year: 2015, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 5-30
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Technocracy
Corrections (Criminal justice administration)
Prison reform
Mass incarceration
Correctional institutions
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Summary:The article discusses mass incarceration in the U.S. and presents alternative ideas for penal reforms and "radical-reformist" agenda against the U.S. penal crisis. Topics include the America correctional crisis and technocratic solutions, social inequality in mainstream penal reform discourse, and privatization of the U.S. carceral machine. Other topics include radical reform of policing and efforts to end the penal state, decarceration, and transcarceration.
ISSN:2327-641X