RT Book
T1 Collision course: economic change, criminal justice reform, and work in America
A1 Auerhahn, Kathleen 1970-
LA English
PP New Brunswick Camden Newark, New Jersey London
PB Rutgers University Press
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1756101574
AB "This book is about the convergence of trends in two American institutions - the economy and the criminal justice system. The American economy has radically transformed in the past half-century, led by advances in automation technology that have permanently altered labor market dynamics. Over the same period, the U.S. criminal justice system experienced an unprecedented expansion at great cost. hese costs include not only the $80 billion annually in direct expenditures on criminal justice, but also the devastating impacts experienced by justice-involved individuals, families, and communities. Recently, a widespread consensus has emerged that the era of "mass incarceration" is at an end, reflected in a declining prison population. Criminal justice reforms such as diversion and problem-solving courts, a renewed focus on reentry, and drug policy reform have as their goal keeping more individuals with justice system involvement out of prisons, in the community and subsequently in the labor force, which lacks the capacity to accommodate these additional would-be workers. This poses significant problems for criminal justice practice, which relies heavily on employment as a signal of offenders' intentions to live a law-abiding lifestyle. The diminished capacity of the economy to utilize the labor of all who have historically been expected to work presents significant challenges for American society. Work, in the American ethos is the marker of success, masculinity and how one "contributes to society." What are the consequences of ignoring these converging structural trends? This book examines these potential consequences, the meaning of work in American society, and suggests alternative redistributive and policy solutions to avert the collision course of these economic and criminal justice policy trends."
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HD5724
SN 9781978817968
SN 9781978817975
K1 Strafjustiz
K1 Arbeitsmarkt
K1 Entwicklung
K1 Wirtschaftspolitik
K1 Usa
K1 Labor supply : United States
K1 Criminal justice, Administration of : United States
K1 Wirtschaftssystem
K1 United States : Economic conditions