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Decarcerating America : from mass punishment to public health / edited by Ernest Drucker.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Drucker, Ernest.
Contributor:
Drucker, Ernest M., 1940- editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Imprisonment--United States.
Imprisonment.
Prisons--Law and legislation--United States.
Prisons.
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Punishment--United States.
Punishment.
Correctional law--United States.
Correctional law.
Law reform--United States.
Law reform.
Imprisonment--Social aspects--United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations, charts
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
2018.
New York : The New Press, 2018.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Summary:
"A powerful call for reform." -- NPR An all-star team of criminal justice experts present timely, innovative, and humane ways to end mass incarceration Mass incarceration will end--there is an emerging consensus that we've been locking up too many people for too long.
Contents:
Ending mass incarceration : six bold reforms to rapidly reduce incarceration without compromising public safety / Natasha A. Frost, Todd R. Clear, and Carlos E. Monteiro
Better by half : the New York City story of winning large-scale decarceration while increasing public safety / Judith A. Green and Vincent Schiraldi
Lessons from California on prison and jail downsizing / Michael Romano
The role of judges in ending mass incarceration / Judge Robert Sweet and James Thompson
Public defense and decarceration : advocacy on the front lines / Robin Steinberg, Skylar Albertson, and Rachel Maremont
Making drug policy reform work for meaningful decarceration / Gabriel Sayegh
Transforming our responses to violence / Danielle Sered
Minimizing the impact of parental incarceration / Elizabeth Gaynes and Tanya Krupat
Health and decarceration / Ross MacDonald and Homer Venters
Release aging people in prison : a sound policy initiative necessary for meaningful decarceration / Mujahid Farid and Laura Whitehorn
Health care as a vehicle for decarceration / Daliah Heller
Come close in : voices of survivors of mass incarceration / Kathy Boudin
Dealing with drug use after prison : harm reduction therapy / Jeannie Little, Jenifer Talley, Scott Kellogg, Maurice Byrd, and Sheila Vakharia
Prisons to ploughshares : new economies for prison towns / Eric Lotke.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9781620972793
1620972794
OCLC:
1027480696

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