The prison and the gallows : the politics of mass incarceration in America / Marie Gottschalk.
Over the last three decades, the United States has built a carceral state that is unprecedented among Western countries, with nearly one in 50 adult Americans incarcerated today. This book examines the development of the movements that mediated the construction of the carceral state.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
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HV9471 .G67 2006 |
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| Status: | Available Request this item |