04051nam 2200565 450 991082331820332120230415172629.01-9788-1798-31-9788-1800-910.36019/9781978818002(CKB)4940000000615557(MiAaPQ)EBC6798554(Au-PeEL)EBL6798554(OCoLC)1285168980(DE-B1597)617127(OCoLC)1285130921(DE-B1597)9781978818002(MdBmJHUP)musev2_102462(MiAaPQ)EBC30727856(Au-PeEL)EBL30727856(EXLCZ)99494000000061555720230415d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCollision Course Economic Change, Criminal Justice Reform, and Work in America /Kathleen Auerhahn1st ed.New Brunswick, NJ :Rutgers University Press,2022.1 online resource (171 pages)1-9788-1797-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. The Contours of the Problem -- 2. The U.S. Economy in the Twenty-First Century -- 3. The Criminal Justice System in the Twenty-First Century -- 4. Work and Welfare in American Culture and Society -- 5. The Consequences of Denial -- 6. A Way Forward -- 7. Conclusion: Charting a New Course"This book is about the convergence of trends in two American institutions - the economy and the criminal justice system. The American economy has radically transformed in the past half-century, led by advances in automation technology that have permanently altered labor market dynamics. Over the same period, the U.S. criminal justice system experienced an unprecedented expansion at great cost. hese costs include not only the $80 billion annually in direct expenditures on criminal justice, but also the devastating impacts experienced by justice-involved individuals, families, and communities. Recently, a widespread consensus has emerged that the era of "mass incarceration" is at an end, reflected in a declining prison population. Criminal justice reforms such as diversion and problem-solving courts, a renewed focus on reentry, and drug policy reform have as their goal keeping more individuals with justice system involvement out of prisons, in the community and subsequently in the labor force, which lacks the capacity to accommodate these additional would-be workers. This poses significant problems for criminal justice practice, which relies heavily on employment as a signal of offenders' intentions to live a law-abiding lifestyle. The diminished capacity of the economy to utilize the labor of all who have historically been expected to work presents significant challenges for American society. Work, in the American ethos is the marker of success, masculinity and how one "contributes to society." What are the consequences of ignoring these converging structural trends? This book examines these potential consequences, the meaning of work in American society, and suggests alternative redistributive and policy solutions to avert the collision course of these economic and criminal justice policy trends"--Provided by publisherCriminal justice, Administration ofUnited StatesLabor supplyUnited StatesUnited StatesEconomic conditionseconomic change, criminal justice reform, law, labor studies, sociology, public policy, political science, automation technology, market dynamics, mass incarceration, drug policy, masculinity, criminology, recidivism.Criminal justice, Administration ofLabor supply364.973Auerhahn Kathleen1970-1640935MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823318203321Collision Course3984733UNINA