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The Punishment Imperative: The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in America
By Clear, Todd R. & Natasha A. Frost
- ISBN
- 9780814717196
- Publisher
- New York Univ.
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Starred Review on November 15, 2013 | Social Sciences
Clear (dean, Rutgers Univ. Sch. of Criminal Justice) and Frost (Northeastern Univ. Sch. of Criminology & Criminal Justice) point out that the American prison population has grown hugely over the past 40 years. In six chapters they show how this has happened, from get-tough policies on crime to stricter drug laws and mandatory sentences limiting judicial discretion. The authors call these combined circumstances "the punishment imperative," a grand social ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
