| Description |
xviii, 153 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-138) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The politics and consequences of incarceration -- Race, gender, and incarceration -- The economic impact of incarceration -- Political justifications for incarceration -- The Politics of Punishment in the United States -- Problem ownership, punishment philosophies, and changes in corrections policy over time -- Pre-progressive era corrections policy -- Positive science and agency autonomy in the progressive era -- From experts to politicians: contemporary trends in corrections policy -- Political capital and getting tough -- Misinformation About the Crime Problem -- Victimization and the fear of crime -- Media influences on fear of crime -- Linking fear to leniency -- Nonserious crime as gateway offending? -- Categorical contagion -- Implications for corrections policy -- Incapacitation and errors in prediction -- Selective incapacitation -- Errors in prediction: false positives -- Summary -- Misinformation About Public Opinion -- Global versus specific attitudes about punishment -- Global attitudes about punishment -- Specific attitudes about punishment -- Public support for alternative punishment philosophies -- Public support for correctional rehabilitation -- Public support for juvenile justice -- Public support for early intervention programs -- Summary -- Misinformation About Prisons and Crime Control -- Prisons and crime control: the empirical evidence -- Estimating the effects of prison expansion on crime rates -- Why the weak effects? -- Rethinking offender decision making -- Summary -- The Social Costs of Incarceration -- Consequences of incarceration for offenders -- Heightened risk of personal victimization within prison -- Incarceration as a barrier to successful offender reintegration -- Consequences of incarceration for communities -- Incarceration as a contributor to the breakdown of inner-city communities -- Incarceration and racial inequality -- Consequences of incarceration for social institutions -- Incarceration and public health incarceration and the privatization of punishment -- Summary -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Rethinking crime control policy -- Rethinking corrections policy -- Reconnecting research and policy -- Some final advice for students and responsible citizens -- Parting shots. |
| Subject |
Imprisonment -- Government policy -- United States.
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Imprisonment -- Government policy. |
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United States. |
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Imprisonment. |
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Corrections -- Government policy -- United States.
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Corrections -- Government policy. |
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Corrections. |
| ISBN |
9780761928324 paperback |
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0761928324 paperback |
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