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A country called prison : mass incarceration and the making of a new nation / John D. Carl, Mary D. Looman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Looman, Mary D., author.
- Carl, John D., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imprisonment--United States--History.
- Imprisonment.
- Prisons--United States--History.
- Prisons.
- Prisoners--United States--History.
- Prisoners.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- In the first edition of 'A Country Called Prison', Mary Looman and John Carl presented persuasive data calling for downsizing of America's prisons. Their novel approach continues in their second edition, shifting the beliefs many people have about prisons and their role in the American society. Since the original edition was published, the landscape of incarceration has been changing. In their second edition, Carl and Looman discuss the significant world events, such as the COVID epidemic, that impacted the American Society in the past decade, which lead to an overall twenty percent reduction in prison populations across the board. The second edition includes a new chapter covering the history of prisons that clearly establishes the fact that prisons have always been about making money and less about rehabilitating offenders.
- Contents:
- Introduction to a Country Called Prison
- Prison History and Private Prisons
- What Makes Prisons a Country?
- Who Are the People of a Country Called Prison?
- Living in a Country Called Prison
- Visiting America from a Country Called Prison
- Decarceration - Emigrating from a Country Called Prison
- Assimilating a Country Called Prison.
- Notes:
- Previous edition: published as Mary D. Looman, John D. Carl, 2015.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 19, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 9780197768341
- 0197768342
- 9780197768327
- 0197768326
- OCLC:
- 1428141337
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