Race to Incarcerate - The Sentencing Project

Zusatztext "A tremendously disturbing and important book. . . . The questions that it poses call for answers that too few of those in power have been brave enough to give." —Jonathan Kozol "An important book. The numbers tell a shocking story." — The San Diego Union-Tribune "Insightful. . . . Sheds new light on the relationship between drug use! sales! arrests! and race." — Emerge " Race to Incarcerate explains why prisoners have become commodities and why present policies are draining black communities of their young men." —Julian Bond! Chair of the NAACP Board of Directors Informationen zum Autor Marc Mauer is the executive director of The Sentencing Project, a national organization based in Washington, DC, that promotes criminal justice reform. He is the co-editor (with Meda Chesney-Lind) of Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment and the co-author (with Ashley Nellis) of The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences (all published by The New Press). He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. Klappentext An updated account of the explosion in America's prison population. Zusammenfassung This seminal work documents the enormous financial and human toll of the get tough' movement, and argues for more humane - and productive - alternatives.'

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Marc Mauer
• Con la collaborazione di: Mauer Marc (Editore)
• Editore: New press usa
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.2006
• EAN: 9781595580221
• ISBN: 978-1-59558-022-1
• Pagine: 256
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto penale, diritto processuale penale, criminologia; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, LAW / Civil Rights, LAW / Discrimination, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Penology and punishment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination