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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460383203321

Autore

Kilgore James William <1947->

Titolo

Understanding mass incarceration : a people's guide to the key civil rights struggle of our time / / James Kilgore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; London, England : , : The New Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-62097-122-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

365/.973

Soggetti

Imprisonment - United States - History

Criminal justice, Administration of - United States - History

Alternatives to imprisonment - United States

Civil rights - United States

Criminals - Rehabilitation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

INTRODUCTION; 1 A SNAPSHOT OF THE SYSTEM; 2 BUILDING POPULAR SUPPORT FOR GROWING THE PRISON SYSTEM; 3 "LOCK 'EM UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY": THE RISE OF MASS INCARCERATION; 4 THE WAR ON DRUGS; 5 THE WAR ON IMMIGRANTS; 6 THE DEATH OF REHABILITATION; 7 JAIL-THE LOCAL FACE OF MASS INCARCERATION; 8 THE SCHOOL-TO- PRISON PIPELINE; 9 THE FOLKS LEFT BEHIND; 10 WOMEN' S PRISONS; 11 PRIVATE PRISONS; 12 INCARCERATION INC.; 13 CHANGING THE MIND- SET; 14 ORGANIZING TO END MASS INCARCERATION; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

We all know that orange is the new black and mass incarceration is the new Jim Crow, but how much do we actually know about the structure, goals, and impact of our criminal justice system? Understanding Mass Incarceration offers the first comprehensive overview of the incarceration apparatus put in place by the world's largest jailer: the United States.Drawing on a growing body of academic and professional work, Understanding Mass Incarceration describes in plain English the many competing theories of criminal justice-from rehabilitation to



retribution, from restorative justice to justice rein