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

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [2014]Description: xi, 258 pages : charts ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780814717196
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 365/.973 23
LOC classification:
  • HV9471 .C574 2014
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.

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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