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Locked in : the true causes of mass incarceration--and how to achieve real reform / John F. Pfaff.

By: Publisher: New York : Basic Books, [2017]Description: viii, 311 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780465096916 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 365/.973 23
LOC classification:
  • HV9471 .P449 2017
Contents:
American exceptionalism -- Conventional unwisdom: the war on drugs -- A brief history of time (served) -- Conventional unwisdom: private prisons, public spending -- The state of reform: what's happened, and what's at stake -- The man behind the curtain -- The politics of punishment -- The third rail: violent offenses -- Where do we go from here? -- Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-295) and index.

American exceptionalism -- Conventional unwisdom: the war on drugs -- A brief history of time (served) -- Conventional unwisdom: private prisons, public spending -- The state of reform: what's happened, and what's at stake -- The man behind the curtain -- The politics of punishment -- The third rail: violent offenses -- Where do we go from here? -- Conclusion.

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