(Download pdf ebook) The Politics of Imprisonment: How the Democratic Process Shapes the Way America Punishes Offenders (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)
☆ Vanessa Barker ☆
| #1512887 in Books | 2009-08-26 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 6.10 x1.00 x9.30l,1.10 | File Name: 0195370023 | 264 pages
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| An inside view of how politics our perception of criminals|By t.d. wallman|The author has done and excellent job of bridging the gap from media hype to the reality of the political posturing about crime in America. I highly recommend this book to Criminal Justice instructors and students.|0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A Must Se|||"A fascinating book. Barker skillfully shows how enduring cultural and political forces led states to interpret rising crime rates differently, creating not a single American penal system, but rather a patchwork of punitive regimes. Essential reading for tho
The attention devoted to the unprecedented levels of imprisonment in the United States obscure an obvious but understudied aspect of criminal justice: there is no consistent punishment policy across the U.S. It is up to individual states to administer their criminal justice systems, and the differences among them are vast. For example, while some states enforce mandatory minimum sentencing, some even implementing harsh and degrading practices, others rely on community s...
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