LEADER 02855nam 22006734a 450 001 9910449718703321 005 20210427003547.0 010 $a0-8147-4324-2 010 $a0-8147-4380-3 010 $a1-4294-1424-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245281 035 $a(EBL)865578 035 $a(OCoLC)779828132 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000141126 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11911808 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141126 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10056044 035 $a(PQKB)10981468 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865578 035 $a(OCoLC)76834557 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10717 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865578 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10137182 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245281 100 $a20040831d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDownsizing prisons$b[electronic resource] $ehow to reduce crime and end mass incarceration /$fMichael Jacobson 210 $aNew York and London $cNew York University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-4291-2 311 $a0-8147-4274-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aOver 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 cri 606 $aPrisons$zUnited States 606 $aProbation$zUnited States 606 $aParole$zUnited States 606 $aAlternatives to imprisonment$zUnited States 606 $aCriminals$xRehabilitation$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPrisons 615 0$aProbation 615 0$aParole 615 0$aAlternatives to imprisonment 615 0$aCriminals$xRehabilitation 676 $a364.6/0973 700 $aJacobson$b Michael$f1953-$01039789 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910449718703321 996 $aDownsizing prisons$92462187 997 $aUNINA