Malign Neglect Race, Crime, and Punishment in America

Name: Malign Neglect Race, Crime, and Punishment in America
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ISBN: 9780195104691

ISBN-10: 0195104692

ISBN-13: 9780195104691

Edition: 1996

Authors: Michael Tonry

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Despite the perennial claims of politicians that our courts are coddling hardened criminals, the fact is that America already sends a higher proportion of its citizens to prison--and for longer terms--than any other western nation. To quote the Canadian House of Commons's Committee on Justice, "If locking up those who violate the law contributed to safer societies, then the United States should be the safest country in the world." Yet despite well-documented and mounting evidence that increased penalties alone cannot reduce crime, the Reagan and Bush administrations repeatedly lobbied for tougher mandatory sentences and more prisons. Although black crime rates have been stable for twenty…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/11/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.99" wide x 5.35" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English