Locked in: the true causes of mass incarceration - and how to achieve real reform
"Pfaff argues that existing accounts of the causes of mass incarceration are fundamentally misguided. The most widely accepted explanations--the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons--actually tell us much less than we like to think. Instead,...
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Medienart: | Druck Buch |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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New York
Basic Books
[2017]
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In: | Jahr: 2017 |
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Bestand in Tübingen: | In Tübingen vorhanden. UB: KB 20 A 8783 |
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Zusammenfassung: | "Pfaff argues that existing accounts of the causes of mass incarceration are fundamentally misguided. The most widely accepted explanations--the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons--actually tell us much less than we like to think. Instead, Pfaff urges us to look at other factors, including a major shift in prosecutor behavior that occurred in the mid-1990s, when prosecutors began bringing felony charges against arrestees about twice as often as they had before"--Amazon.com |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | viii, 311 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm |
ISBN: | 9780465096916 0465096913 |