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The punitive state : crime, punishment, and imprisonment across the United States / Natasha A. Frost.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frost, Natasha A., 1974-
- Series:
- Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
- Criminal justice recent scholarship
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Punishment--United States.
- Punishment.
- Imprisonment--United States.
- Imprisonment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Over the past several decades, punishment policy in the United States has taken a decidedly punitive turn. The U.S. incarceration rate is currently the highest in the world and far exceeds that of comparable Western European nations. Although the United States has a reputation as being among the most punitive nations, there is a great deal of variation in imprisonment across the states. Some have addressed these variations, but most have done so by reference to imprisonment rates per capita. In this book, I argue that the imprisonment rate ultimately reflects the cumulative outcome of two different punitive approaches. Analyses of variations in imprisonment risk and average time-served in prison demonstrate that states with high imprisonment rates are not necessarily the most punitive. Remarkably, some of the states with the lowest imprisonment rates have the highest risk of imprisonment or highest average time-served.
- Contents:
- The punitive turn
- Understanding the punitive turn
- Trends in imprisonment
- Exploring variations in imprisonment
- Explaining variations in imprisonment
- The problem with punitiveness
- Measuring punitiveness
- Punitiveness across measures
- Punitiveness across offense types
- Punitiveness over time, 1990-2000
- Understanding variations in punitiveness.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-263) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781593322502
- 159332250X
- OCLC:
- 151119976
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