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000321890 020__ $$a9780871548955 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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000321890 1001_ $$aWestern, Bruce,$$d1964-
000321890 24510 $$aPunishment and inequality in America /$$cBruce Western.
000321890 260__ $$aNew York :$$bRussell Sage,$$c2007
000321890 300__ $$axiv, 247 p. :$$bill. ;$$c23 cm.
000321890 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [213]-233) and index.
000321890 5050_ $$aIntroduction -- pt. I: The scope and causes of the prison boom. Mass imprisonment / with Becky Pettit -- Inequality, crime, and the prison boom -- The politics and economics of punitive criminal justice -- pt. II: The consequences of mass imprisonment. Invisible inequality -- The labor market after prison -- Incarceration, marriage, and family life / with Leonard Lopoo -- Did the prison boom cause the crime drop? -- Conclusions.
000321890 520__ $$aOver the last thirty years, the prison population in the United States has increased more than sevenfold to over two million people, including vastly disproportionate numbers of minorities and people with little education. For some racial and educational groups, incarceration has become a depressingly regular experience, and prison culture and influence pervade their communities. Almost 60 percent of black male high school dropouts in their early thirties have spent time in prison. In Punishment and Inequality in America, sociologist Bruce Western explores the recent era of mass incarceration and the serious social and economic consequences it has wrought. Punishment and Inequality in America dispels many of the myths about the relationships among crime, imprisonment, and inequality. While many people support the increase in incarceration because of reductions in crime in the 1990s, Western shows that the swelling prison population only explains one-tenth of the fall in crime, and has come at a significant cost. Punishment and Inequality in America reveals a strong relationship between incarceration and severely dampened economic prospects for former inmates.
000321890 650_0 $$aImprisonment$$xEconomic aspects$$zUnited States.
000321890 650_0 $$aImprisonment$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States.
000321890 650_0 $$aCriminal justice, Administration of$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States.
000321890 650_0 $$aCriminal justice, Administration of$$xEconomic aspects$$zUnited States.
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