The punishment imperative : the rise and failure of mass incarceration in America / Todd R. Clear and Natasha A. Frost.

Over the last 35 years, the United States penal system has grown at a rate unprecedented in U.S. history, five times larger than in the past and grossly out of scale with the rest of the world. This growth was part of a sustained and intentional effort to "get tough" on crime, and characte...

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Main Authors: Clear, Todd R. (Author), Frost, Natasha A., 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2014]
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