Title:
Locked in : the true causes of mass incarceration--and how to achieve real reform / John F. Pfaff.
ISBN:
9780465096916
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, [2017]
©2017
Physical Description:
viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Introduction: American exceptionalism -- The standard story. The war on drugs ; A brief history of time (served) ; Private prisons, public spending ; Costs of the standard story -- A new narrative. The man behind the curtain ; The broken politics of punishment ; The third rail : violent offenses ; Quo vadis? -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"Pfaff argues that existing accounts of the causes of mass incarceration are fundamentally misguided. The most widely accepted explanations--the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons--actually tell us much less than we like to think. Instead, Pfaff urges us to look at other factors, including a major shift in prosecutor behavior that occurred in the mid-1990s, when prosecutors began bringing felony charges against arrestees about twice as often as they had before"--Amazon.com.
OCLC Number:
ocn945232400
Availability:
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