An edition of The Perpetual Prisoner Machine (1999)

The Perpetual Prisoner Machine

How America Profits from Crime

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An edition of The Perpetual Prisoner Machine (1999)

The Perpetual Prisoner Machine

How America Profits from Crime

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"In The Perpetual Prisoner Machine, author Joel Dyer takes a critical look at the United States' criminal justice system as we enter the new millennium. America has more than tripled its prison population since 1980 even though crime rates have been either flat or declining. If crime rates aren't going up, why is the prison population? The Perpetual Prisoner Machine provides the answer to this question, and shockingly, it has little to do with crime or justice. The answer is "profit"."--BOOK JACKET.

"The Perpetual Prisoner Machine explains how the new prison-industrial complex has capitalized upon the public's fear of crime - which has its origins in violent media content - to help bring about the "hard on crime" policies that have led to our prison-filling, and therefore profitable "war on crime.""--BOOK JACKET. "Dyer concludes that powerful, market driven forces have manipulated America into fighting a very real war against an imaginary foe."--BOOK JACKET.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
318

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Edition Availability
Cover of: The Perpetual Prisoner Machine
The Perpetual Prisoner Machine: How America Profits from Crime
January 2001, Westview Press
Paperback in English
Cover of: Perpetual Prisoner Machine
Perpetual Prisoner Machine: How America Profits from Crime
2000, Avalon Publishing
in English
Cover of: The Perpetual Prisoner Machine
The Perpetual Prisoner Machine: How America Profits from Crime
October 1999, Westview Pr (Trd), Westview Press
Hardcover in English

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First Sentence

"As you drive through the streets of Youngstown, Ohio, it's not hard to find the usual reminders that we live in a market-driven culture."

Classifications

Library of Congress
HV9950 .D94 2000, HV9950.D94 2000

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
318
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches
Weight
1.4 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9888002M
Internet Archive
perpetualprisone00dyer
ISBN 10
0813335078
ISBN 13
9780813335070
LCCN
99045576
OCLC/WorldCat
42393517
Library Thing
647212
Goodreads
2180785

First Sentence

"As you drive through the streets of Youngstown, Ohio, it's not hard to find the usual reminders that we live in a market-driven culture."

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