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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464980403321

Autore

Teles Steven Michael

Titolo

Prison break : why conservatives turned against mass incarceration / / Steven M. Teles and David Dagan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-024646-4

0-19-024645-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Studies in Post War American Political Development

Disciplina

365/.973

Soggetti

Imprisonment - Political aspects - United States - History

Criminal justice, Administration of - Political aspects - United States - History

Conservatism - United States - History

Political parties - History

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.