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An edition of Race to incarcerate (1999)

Race to incarcerate

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"The use of incarceration in the United States has increased five-fold since 1973. Twenty-nine percent of black males born today can expect to be imprisoned in their lifetime."--BOOK JACKET. "Race to Incarcerate tells the chilling story of this unprecedented explosion in the prison population, demonstrating how the dramatic expansion of prisons and jails has failed to have any substantial impact on crime."--BOOK JACKET.

"Exploring the intersection of race and class that underpins current politics and crime policy. Race to Incarcerate traces the political history of these developments and shows how, ultimately, we still blame and punish the least fortunate for America's social problems."--BOOK JACKET.

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Language
English
Pages
208

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Cover of: Race to incarcerate
Race to incarcerate
2006, New Press, Distributed by W.W. Norton
in English - Rev. and updated, pbk. ed.
Cover of: Race to incarcerate
Race to incarcerate
1999, New Press, Distributed by W.W. Norton
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
364.6/0973
Library of Congress
HV9950 .M32 1999, HV9950.M32 1999, HV 9950 M32 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 208 p. :
Number of pages
208

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL384207M
Internet Archive
racetoincarcerat00maue
ISBN 10
1565844297
LCCN
98046750
OCLC/WorldCat
40180074
Library Thing
1085202
Goodreads
4615630

Work Description

In this revised edition of his seminal book on race, class, and the criminal justice system, Marc Mauer, executive director of one of the United States’ leading criminal justice reform organizations, offers the most up-to-date look available at three decades of prison expansion in America.

Including newly written material on recent developments under the Bush administration and updated statistics, graphs, and charts throughout, the book tells the tragic story of runaway growth in the number of prisons and jails and the overreliance on imprisonment to stem problems of economic and social development. Called “sober and nuanced” by Publishers Weekly, Race to Incarcerate documents the enormous financial and human toll of the “get tough” movement, and argues for more humane—and productive—alternatives.

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