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1 online resource (464 pages) : illustrations, tables |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of imprisonment in the United States more than quadrupled during the last four decades. The U.S. penal population of 2.2 million adults is by far the largest in the world. Just under one-quarter of the world's prisoners are held in American prisons. The U.S. rate of incarceration, with nearly 1 out of every 100 adults in prison or jail, is 5 to 10 times higher than the rates in Western Europe and other democracies. The U.S. prison population is largely drawn from the most disadvantaged part of the nation's population: mostly men under age 40, disproportionately minority, and poorly educated. Prisoners often carry additional deficits of drug and alcohol addictions, mental and physical illnesses, and lack of work preparation or experience. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Rising incarceration rates -- Policies and practices contributing to high rates of incarceration -- Underlying causes of rising incarceration : crime, politics, and social change -- Crime prevention effects of incarceration -- Experience of imprisonment -- Consequences for health and mental health -- Consequences for employment and earnings -- Consequences for families and children -- Consequences for communities -- Wider consequences for U.S. society -- Prison in society : values and principles -- Findings, conclusions, and implications. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Imprisonment -- United States.
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Imprisonment. |
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United States. |
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Prisoners -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Prisoners. |
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Social conditions. |
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Criminal justice, Administration of. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Travis, Jeremy, editor.
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Western, Bruce, 1964- editor.
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Redburn, Steve, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: National Research Council. Growth of incarceration in the United States : exploring causes and consequences. Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, ©2014 xx, 444 pages 9780309298018 |
| ISBN |
9780309298025 (electronic book) |
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0309298024 (electronic book) |
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0309298016 |
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9780309298018 |
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