03181nam 22008174a 450 991078376620332120230617042008.00-8147-4324-20-8147-4380-31-4294-1424-310.18574/nyu/9780814743805(CKB)1000000000245281(EBL)865578(OCoLC)779828132(SSID)ssj0000141126(PQKBManifestationID)11911808(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141126(PQKBWorkID)10056044(PQKB)10981468(MiAaPQ)EBC865578(OCoLC)76834557(MdBmJHUP)muse10717(Au-PeEL)EBL865578(CaPaEBR)ebr10137182(DE-B1597)547824(DE-B1597)9780814743805(EXLCZ)99100000000024528120040831d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDownsizing prisons[electronic resource] how to reduce crime and end mass incarceration /Michael JacobsonNew York and London New York University Pressc20051 online resource (304 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-4291-2 0-8147-4274-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : bloated prisons -- Mass incarceration -- Unintended consequences -- A new reality for prison systems -- Why prison growth does not reduce crime -- Why parole and probation policies need to change -- Success stories -- Downsizing prisons.Over two million people are incarcerated in America's prisons and jails, eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing, parole agencies intent on sending people back to prison, three-strike laws, for-profit prisons, and other changes in the legal system have contributed to this spectacular rise of the general prison population. After overseeing the largest city jail system in the country, Michael Jacobson knows first-hand the inner workings of the corrections system. In Downsizing Prisons , he convincingly argues that mass incarceration will not, as many have claimed, reduce criPrisonsUnited StatesProbationUnited StatesParoleUnited StatesAlternatives to imprisonmentUnited StatesCriminalsRehabilitationUnited StatesA.City.Commissioner.Correction.York.argues.former.massive.overhaul.prison.PrisonsProbationParoleAlternatives to imprisonmentCriminalsRehabilitation364.6/0973Jacobson Michael1953-1579656MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783766203321Downsizing prisons3859889UNINA