03083nam 22007814a 450 991113658860332120251116165655.097808147432490814743242978081474380508147438039781429414241142941424310.18574/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(Perlego)720163(OCoLC)560153957(EXLCZ)99100000000024528120040831d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDownsizing prisons how to reduce crime and end mass incarceration /Michael Jacobson1st ed.New York and London New York University Pressc20051 online resource (304 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780814742914 0814742912 9780814742747 0814742742 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 StatesPrisonsProbationParoleAlternatives to imprisonmentCriminalsRehabilitation364.6/0973Jacobson Michael1953-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911136588603321UNINA