Why Are So Many Americans in Prison? Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raphael, Steven, 1968-

Contributor:

Stoll, Michael A.

Russell Sage Foundation, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Corrections--United States.

Corrections.

Prisons--United States.

Prisons.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1975 and 2007, the American incarceration rate increased nearly fivefold, a historic increase that puts the United States in a league of its own among advanced economies.We incarcerate more people today than we ever have, and we stand out as the nation that most frequently uses incarceration to punish those who break the law.

Contents:

Contents ; List of Tables and Figures; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Emergence of Mass Incarceration; Chapter 2. Understanding and Documenting the Determinants of Incarceration Growth; Chapter 3. What Would Current Incarceration Rates Be Under Previous Sentencing Practices?; Chapter 4. The Policy Changes Driving Incarceration Growth; Chapter 5. Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill and Growth in the U.S. Prison Population; Chapter 6. Demographic Change, the Economy, and the Crack Epidemic; Chapter 7. Incarceration and Crime; Chapter 8. What Now?; Notes; References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-301) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61044-816-2

OCLC:

874838206