The Insidious Momentum of American Mass Incarceration

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In The Insidious Momentum of American Mass Incarceration provides a comprehensive understanding of when, how, and why the United States became the world leader in incarceration to further propose a range of strategies that can reduce prison population and promote rational policies of criminal punish...

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Main Author: Zimring, Franklin E. 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press USA - OSO 2020
In:Year: 2020
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Imprisonment-United States-History-20th century
Imprisonment-United States-History-21st century
Imprisonment-United States-Forecasting
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USA > Freiheitsstrafe > Strafjustiz > Kriminalpolitik > Geschichte 1979-2000
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Summary:In The Insidious Momentum of American Mass Incarceration provides a comprehensive understanding of when, how, and why the United States became the world leader in incarceration to further propose a range of strategies that can reduce prison population and promote rational policies of criminal punishment. Zimring argues that the most powerful enemy to reducing excess incarceration are simply the mundane features of state and local government, such as elections of prosecutors and state support for prison budgets.
Cover -- The Insidious Momentum of American Mass Incarceration -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: The Road to 2020 -- 1. An American Surprise -- 2. Crime, Law Enforcement, and Sentencing in an Era of Prison Expansion -- 3. Why the Prison-​Boom Generation? -- 4. How American Institutions Encourage and Sustain High Rates of Imprisonment -- 5. What Happens Next? -- Part II: Strategies of Sentencing Reform -- 6. Two Categorical Alternatives to Prisons -- 7. Restructuring the Governance of Imprisonment -- 8. Prosecutorial Power and Adversarial Focus -- Afterword: Explaining the Limited Estimates of Decarceration -- Part III: Policy Problems for a Million- Cell Future -- 9. Strategy and Tactics for Building Institutions -- 10. The Epidemic of Penal Disabilities -- References -- Index.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (233 pages)
ISBN:9780197513194