American exceptionalism or exceptionalism of the Americas?: the politics of lethal violence, punishment, and inequality
"American exceptionalism in imprisonment" has become a useful heuristic for analyzing the extremely high rates of imprisonment in the United States that emerged in the late 20th century. This perspective, however, has largely marginalized violent crime as an important and distinguishing fe...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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Tracing the relationship between inequality, crime, and punishment
Year: 2020, Pages: 133-162 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
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