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Locked in : the true causes of mass incarceration -- and how to achieve real reform / John F. Pfaff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pfaff, John F., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imprisonment--United States.
- Imprisonment.
- Corrections.
- United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Corrections--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 311 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- True causes of mass incarceration -- and how to achieve real reform
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Basic Books, [2017]
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2017]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction : American exceptionalism
- Part I. The standard story. The war on drugs
- A brief history of time (served)
- Private prisons, public spending
- Costs of the standard story
- Part II. A new narrative. The man behind the curtain
- The broken politics of punishment
- The third rail : Violent offenses
- Quo vadis?
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-295) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780465096923
- 0465096921
- Publisher Number:
- 99986444126
- 40027048046
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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