The Punishment Imperative: The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in America by Todd R. Clear, Natasha A. Frost

The Punishment Imperative: The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in America

Todd R. Clear, Natasha A. Frost

257 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction crime history challenging informative slow-paced
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Over the last 35 years, the US penal system has grown at a rate unprecedented in US history--five times larger than in the past and grossly out of scale with the rest of the world. This growth was part of a sustained and intentional effort to "get...

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