Author

Publication

2017 - Basic Books, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

77,750 words, Guess

Page Count

311 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100465096913
  • ISBN-139780465096916
  • AmazonB01L6SLKK8
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016037701
  • OCLC Control Number945232400
and 3 more
  • Better World BooksO8-DDW-374
  • Better World Books9780465096916
  • Open LibraryOL27228191M

Classifications

  • DDC365/.973
  • LCCHV9471 .P449 2017
  • LCCHV9471.P449 2017

Alternate Titles

  • True causes of mass incarceration--and how to achieve real reform

Description

"Pfaff argues that existing accounts of the causes of mass incarceration are fundamentally misguided. The most widely accepted explanations--the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons--actually tell us much less than we like to think. Instead, Pfaff urges us to look at other factors, including a major shift in prosecutor behavior that occurred in the mid-1990s, when prosecutors began bringing felony charges against arrestees about twice as often as they had before"--Amazon.com.

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Other Editions

  • Locked in: the true causes of mass incarceration--and how to achieve real reformBasic Books2017-01-01

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