Imprisoning Communities - How Mass Incarceration Make Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Worse

Informationen zum Autor Todd R. Clear is a Distinguished Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and founding editor of the journal Criminology & Public Policy. He is the author of eleven books and numerous articles and book chapters on criminal justice issues ranging from corrections and sentencing to community justice. Klappentext In the first detailed, empirical exploration of the effects of mass incarceration on poor places, Imprisoning Communities demonstrates that in high doses incarceration contributes to the very social problems it is intended to solve: it breaks up family and social networks; deprives siblings, spouses, and parents of emotional and financial support; and threatens the economic and political infrastructure of already struggling neighborhoods. Especially at risk are children who, research shows, are more likely to commit a crime if a father or brother has been to prison. Clear makes the counterintuitive point that when incarceration concentrates at high levels, crime rates will go up. Removal, in other words, has exactly the opposite of its intended effect: it destabilizes the community, thus further reducing public safety.

Product details

• Authors: Todd R Clear, Todd R. Clear
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2007
• EAN: 9780195305791
• ISBN: 978-0-19-530579-1
• No. of pages: 255
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Studies in Crime and Public Po; Studies in Crime and Public Po
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories