Downsizing prisons: how to reduce crime and end mass incarceration

Over two million people are incarcerated in America's prisons and jails, eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing, parole agencies intent on sending people back to prison, three-strike laws, for-profit prisons, and other changes in the legal system have contributed to this s...

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Autor principal: Jacobson, Michael 1953- (Autor)
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Publicado: New York and London New York University Press c2005
En:Año: 2005
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505 8 |a Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: Bloated Prisons; 1. Mass Incarceration; 2. Unintended Consequences; 3. A New Reality for Prison Systems; 4. Why Prison Growth Does Not Substantially Reduce Crime; 5. Why Parole and Probation Policies Need to Change; 6. Success Stories and Works in Progress; 7. Downsizing Prisons; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author 
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