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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      January 2011
      March 2008
      ISBN:
      9780511813573
      9780521885850
      9780521713399
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511813573
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.52kg, 234 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.35kg, 234 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Criminology, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Politics and International Relations, Sociology
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Criminology
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Criminology, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Politics and International Relations, Sociology
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Criminology
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    During the past 25 years, the prison population in America shot upward to reach a staggering 1.53 million by 2005. This book takes a broad, critical look at incarceration, the huge social experiment of American society. The authors investigate the causes and consequences of the prison buildup, often challenging previously held notions from scholarly and public discourse. By examining such themes as social discontent, safety and security within prisons, and the impact on crime and on the labour market, Piehl and Useem use evidence to address the inevitable larger question, where should incarceration go next for American society, and where is it likely to go?

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    "In Prison State, Bert Useem and Anne Morrison Piehl take on the social and penological critiques and alarms over the increase of imprisonment in the US. Through a meticulous evidence-based exploration, they seek to go beyond conventional wisdom and provide much needed empirical data on the causes and consequences of the US prison buildup.... Prison State is original and stands out in a sea of scholarly work on prison growth." - Canadian Journal of Sociology

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