The punishment imperative : the rise and failure of mass incarceration in America / Todd R. Clear and Natasha A. Frost.

By: Clear, Todd RContributor(s): Frost, NatashaMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Description: 1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781479829026 (e-book)Subject(s): Imprisonment -- United States | Corrections -- United States | Criminal justice, Administration of -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Punishment imperative : the rise and failure of mass incarceration in America.DDC classification: 365/.973 LOC classification: HV9471 | .C574 2014Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
The beginning of the end of the punishment imperative -- The contours of mass incarceration -- The punishment imperative as a grand social experiment -- The policies of the punishment imperative -- Two views on the objectives of the punishment imperative -- Assessing the punishment imperative -- Dismantling the punishment imperative.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The beginning of the end of the punishment imperative -- The contours of mass incarceration -- The punishment imperative as a grand social experiment -- The policies of the punishment imperative -- Two views on the objectives of the punishment imperative -- Assessing the punishment imperative -- Dismantling the punishment imperative.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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