Downsizing prisons [[electronic resource] ] : how to reduce crime and end mass incarceration / / Michael Jacobson

• Autore: Jacobson Michael <1953->
• Pubblicazione: New York and London, : New York University Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.6/0973
• Soggetto topico: Prisons - United States; Probation - United States; Parole - United States; Alternatives to imprisonment - United States; Criminals - Rehabilitation - United States
• Soggetto non controllato: A; City; Commissioner; Correction; York; argues; former; massive; overhaul; prison
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 cri
• Titolo autorizzato: Downsizing prisons
• ISBN: 0-8147-4324-2; 0-8147-4380-3; 1-4294-1424-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783766203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II