The punishment imperative the rise and failure of mass incarceration in America /

"Over the last 35 years, the United States penal system has grown at a rate unprecedented in U.S. history, five times larger than in the past and grossly out of scale with the rest of the world. This growth was part of a sustained and intentional effort to "get tough" on crime, and ch...

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Main Author: Clear, Todd R.
Other Authors: Frost, Natasha A., 1974-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Physical Description: xi, 258 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm.
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CMU Main Books 3rd Floor

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CMU Main Books 3rd Floor HV9471 .C574 2014 Available
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