Race to incarcerate /

Race to incarcerate /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mauer, Marc.
Imprint:	New York : New Press, c1999.
Description:	xiv, 208 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States. Prison sentences -- United States. Imprisonment -- United States. Crime prevention -- United States. Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States. Crime prevention. Criminal justice, Administration of. Discrimination in criminal justice administration. Imprisonment. Prison sentences. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3907690

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Other authors / contributors:	Sentencing Project (U.S.)
ISBN:	1565844297
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Introduction: The Race to Incarcerate
2. The Incarceration "Experiment"
3. The Rise of the "Tough on Crime" Movement
4. Crime as Politics
5. The Prison-crime Connection
6. The Limits of the Criminal Justice System on Crime Control
7. African Americans and the Criminal Justice System
8. The War on Drugs and the African American Community
9. What's Class Got to Do with It?
10. "Give the Public What It Wants": Media Images and Crime Policy
11. Unintended Consequences
12. A New Direction for a New Century
Index