Locked in : the true causes of mass incarceration--and how to achieve real reform / John F. Pfaff.
2017
HV9471 .P449 2017 (Mapit)
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Title
Locked in : the true causes of mass incarceration--and how to achieve real reform / John F. Pfaff.
Author
ISBN
9780465096916 (hardcover)
0465096913 (hardcover)
9780465096923 (electronic book)
0465096913 (hardcover)
9780465096923 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Basic Books, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
Description
viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
HV9471 .P449 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
365/.973
Summary
"Pfaff argues that existing accounts of the causes of mass incarceration are fundamentally misguided. The most widely accepted explanations--the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons--actually tell us much less than we like to think. Instead, Pfaff urges us to look at other factors, including a major shift in prosecutor behavior that occurred in the mid-1990s, when prosecutors began bringing felony charges against arrestees about twice as often as they had before"--Amazon.com.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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