1. Introduction : the race to incarcerate
2. The incarceration "experiment'
3. The rise of the "tough on crime" movement
4. Crime as politics
5.The prison-crime connection
6. The limits of the criminal justice system on crime control
7. African Americans and the criminal justice system
8. The war on drugs and the African American community
9. What's class got to do with it?
10. "Give the public what it wants" : media images and crime policy
11. Consequences : intended and unintended
12. A new direction for a new century.