Understanding mass incarceration : a people's guide to the key civil rights struggle of our time / / James Kilgore

• Autore: Kilgore James William <1947->
• Pubblicazione: New York, New York ; ; London, England : , : The New Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 365/.973
• Soggetto topico: Imprisonment - United States - History; Criminal justice, Administration of - United States - History; Alternatives to imprisonment - United States; Civil rights - United States; Criminals - Rehabilitation - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: INTRODUCTION; 1 A SNAPSHOT OF THE SYSTEM; 2 BUILDING POPULAR SUPPORT FOR GROWING THE PRISON SYSTEM; 3 "LOCK 'EM UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY": THE RISE OF MASS INCARCERATION; 4 THE WAR ON DRUGS; 5 THE WAR ON IMMIGRANTS; 6 THE DEATH OF REHABILITATION; 7 JAIL-THE LOCAL FACE OF MASS INCARCERATION; 8 THE SCHOOL-TO- PRISON PIPELINE; 9 THE FOLKS LEFT BEHIND; 10 WOMEN' S PRISONS; 11 PRIVATE PRISONS; 12 INCARCERATION INC.; 13 CHANGING THE MIND- SET; 14 ORGANIZING TO END MASS INCARCERATION; NOTES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: We all know that orange is the new black and mass incarceration is the new Jim Crow, but how much do we actually know about the structure, goals, and impact of our criminal justice system? Understanding Mass Incarceration offers the first comprehensive overview of the incarceration apparatus put in place by the world's largest jailer: the United States.Drawing on a growing body of academic and professional work, Understanding Mass Incarceration describes in plain English the many competing theories of criminal justice-from rehabilitation to retribution, from restorative justice to justice rein
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding mass incarceration
• ISBN: 1-62097-122-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460383203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II