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Prison state : the challenge of mass incarceration / Bert Useem, Anne Morrison Piehl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Useem, Bert.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
- Cambridge studies in criminology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisons--United States.
- Prisons.
- Corrections.
- Prisons--Overcrowding.
- United States.
- Prison administration--United States.
- Prison administration.
- Prisons--Overcrowding--United States.
- Corrections--United States.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- The buildup to mass incarceration
- Causes of the prison buildup
- More prison, less crime?
- Prison buildup and disorder
- The buildup and inmate release
- Impact of the buildup for the labor markets
- Conclusion: Right-sizing prison.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-213) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521885850
- 052188585X
- 9780521713399
- 0521713390
- OCLC:
- 164802307
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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