The politics of imprisonment

how the democratic process shapes the way America punishes offenders

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The politics of imprisonment

how the democratic process shapes the way America punishes offenders

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Language
English
Pages
252

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Table of Contents

The democratic process & imprisonment
Explaining penal regime variation : political structures & collective agency
The case of California : neo-populism & retribution
Washington State deliberates : from fortress prison to de-escalation
New York : elite pragmatism & managerialism
Democratic governance, social trust & penal order
Appendix A: Selected US imprisonment rates, 1971-2006.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
365/.973
Library of Congress
HV9950 .B357 2009, HV9950.B357 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
252

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL23150028M
ISBN 13
9780195370027
LCCN
2008055085
OCLC/WorldCat
297529799
LibraryThing
9103490
Goodreads
7176814

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL13759904W

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