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How the United States Became the Most Punitive Democracy in the World
The rise of mass incarceration in the United States is one of the most critical outcomes of the last half-century. Incarceration Nation offers the most compelling explanation of this outcome to date.
Cambridge University Press1y
How the United States Became Addicted to Prisons and Jails and How It Can Recover
The United States imprisons a higher proportion of its population than any other nation. Mass Incarceration Nation offers a novel, in-the-trenches perspective to explain the factors – historical, ...
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Prisoners in the United States - Statistics & Facts
Ironically, it is the so-called land of the free that houses the highest prison population per capita in the OECD. With rates that have long been significantly higher than that of their closest ...
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The Wrap: The Election, State Health Benefits Plan, Incarceration
Get “The Wrap,” our take on the news of the week, in your inbox every Tuesday. Sign up at: Nov. 4 to 10 The Election The ...
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IV. THE ROLE OF VIOLENT CRIME IN U.S. INCARCERATION RATES
35 Tonry, "Why are U.S. Incarceration Rates So High ... "Correctional Populations in the United States, 1996," U.S. Department of Justice, April 1999, Table 1.22.