What's prison for? : punishment and rehabilitation in the age of mass incarceration /

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Author / Creator:Keller, Bill, author.
Imprint:New York, NY : Columbia Global Reports, [2022]
Description:159 pages : map ; 19 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12774302
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ISBN:9781735913742
173591374X
9781735913759
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:"What purpose is incarceration supposed to serve, and how successfully does it serve that purpose? What's Prison For? traces the tension between our national punitive streak and our faith in rehabilitation, between viewing prisoners as menacing Others to be incapacitated and shamed and, alternatively, viewing them as future neighbors"--
Other form:Online version: Keller, Bill. What's prison for? New York : Columbia Global Reports, 2022 9781735913759