TY  - BOOK
AU  - Teles,Steven Michael
AU  - Dagan,David
TI  - Prison break: how conservatives turned against mass incarceration 
T2  - Studies in post war american political development
SN  - 9780190246440 (hardback)
AV  - HV9466 .T45 2016
U1  - 365/.973 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Imprisonment
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - Conservatism
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Platforms
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Theory -- Chapter 2. Consensus -- Chapter 3. Destabilization -- Chapter 4. Relationships -- Chapter 5. JRI -- Chapter 6. Texas -- Chapter 7. Reputations -- Chapter 8. Georgia -- Chapter 9. Federal -- Chapter 10. Conclusion
N2  - "Over the last few years, conservatives in Washington, D.C. and in bright-red states like Georgia and Texas, have abandoned their tough-on-crime rhetoric, and are now leading the charge to curb prison growth. In Prison Break, Steven Teles and David Dagan will explain how this striking turn of events occurred, how it will affect mass incarceration, and what it teaches us about achieving policy breakthroughs in our polarized age. Combining insights from law, sociology, and political science, Teles and Dagan will offer the first comprehensive account of this major political shift"--
ER  -