Big Prisons, Big Dreams: Crime and the Failure of America's Penal System by Michael Lynch

Big Prisons, Big Dreams: Crime and the Failure of America's Penal System

Michael Lynch

257 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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The American prison system has grown tenfold since the 1970s, but crime rates in the United States have not decreased. This doesn't surprise Michael J. Lynch, a critical criminologist, who argues that our oversized prison system is a product of ou...

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