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Prison State: The Challenge of Mass Incarceration - Useem, Bert, and Morrison Piehl, Anne
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During the past 25 years, the prison population in America shot upward to reach a staggering 1.53 million by 2005. This book takes a broad, critical look at incarceration, the huge social experiment of American society. The authors investigate the causes and consequences of the prison buildup, often challenging previously held notions from scholarly and public discourse. By examining such themes as social discontent, safety and security within prisons, and the impact on crime and on the labour market, Piehl and Useem use ...

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Prison State: The Challenge of Mass Incarceration 2008, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521713399

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Prison State: The Challenge of Mass Incarceration 2008, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521885850

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