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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1. VerfasserIn: Pfaff, John F. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York Basic Books [2017]
In:Jahr: 2017
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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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:viii, 311 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm
ISBN:9780465096916
0465096913