Building the Prison State - Race and the Politics of Mass Incarceration

Klappentext A history of the rise of mass incarceration in America that shows how it was built on a foundation of racist thinking and bad political incentives. Zusammenfassung A history of the rise of mass incarceration in America that shows how it was built on a foundation of racist thinking and bad political incentives.

Product details

• Authors: Heather Schoenfeld
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9780226520964
• ISBN: 978-0-226-52096-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society; Chicago Series in Law and Soci; Chicago Series in Law and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Civil Rights, Local History, History of the Americas, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Central Southern States, US South