Downsizing prisons : how to reduce crime and end mass incarceration / Michael Jacobson.
2005
HV9471 .J317 2005 (Mapit)
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Downsizing prisons : how to reduce crime and end mass incarceration / Michael Jacobson.
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9780814742914 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0814742912 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814742747 (alk. paper)
0814742742 (alk. paper)
0814742912 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814742747 (alk. paper)
0814742742 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New York and London : New York University Press, c2005.
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English
Description
xi, 292 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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HV9471 .J317 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.6/0973
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : bloated prisons
Mass incarceration
Unintended consequences
A new reality for prison systems
Why prison growth does not reduce crime
Why parole and probation policies need to change
Success stories
Downsizing prisons.
Mass incarceration
Unintended consequences
A new reality for prison systems
Why prison growth does not reduce crime
Why parole and probation policies need to change
Success stories
Downsizing prisons.