It was…..horrible! I thought R&S was bad but that was….too much. Can anyone provide some emotional support for me?
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Addicted to Incarceration: Corrections Policy and the Politics of Misinformation in the United States
25
Feb
- ISBN13: 9780761928324
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
In Addicted to Incarceration, author Travis Pratt uses an evidence-based approach to explore the consequences of what he terms America’s “addiction to incarceration,” highlighting the scope of the problem, the nature of the political discussions surrounding criminal justice policy in general and corrections policy in particular, and the social cost of incarceration.
Pratt demonstrates that the United States’ addiction to incarceration has been fueled by American citizens’ opinions about crime and punishment, the effectiveness of incarceration as a means of social control, and perhaps most important, by policies legitimized by faulty information (e.g.,fear of crime is objectively linked to victimization, petty offenders mature into violent predators, and persistent offending can be accurately predicted over the life course). Analyzing crime policies as they relate to crime rates and U.S. society’s ability to both low… More >>