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Prison State: The Challenge of Mass Incarceration (Cambridge Studies in Criminology)
Prison State The Challenge of Mass Incarceration - Cambridge Studies in Criminology
Author: Bert Useem, Anne Morrison Piehl
Within the past 25 years, the prison population in America shot upward to reach a staggering 1.53 million by 2005. This book takes a broad, critical look at incarceration, the huge social experiment of American society. The authors investigate the causes and consequences of the prison buildup, often challenging previously held notions from schol...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521885850
ISBN-10: 052188585X
Publication Date: 3/10/2008
Pages: 236
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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