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200 10$aDownsizing prisons$b[electronic resource] $ehow to reduce crime and end mass incarceration /$fMichael Jacobson
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aNew York and London $cNew York University Press$dc2005
215   $a1 online resource (304 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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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
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