Prison and the Gallows The Politics of Mass Incarceration in America

Name: Prison and the Gallows The Politics of Mass Incarceration in America
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ISBN: 9780521682916

ISBN-10: 0521682916

ISBN-13: 9780521682916

Edition: 2006

Authors: Marie Gottschalk, Alfred Blumstein, David Farrington

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Over the last three decades the United States has built a carceral state that is unprecedented among Western countries and in US history. Nearly one in 50 people, excluding children and the elderly, is incarcerated today, a rate unsurpassed anywhere else in the world. What are some of the main political forces that explain this unprecedented reliance on mass imprisonment? Throughout American history, crime and punishment have been central features of American political development. This book examines the development of four key movements that mediated the construction of the carceral state in important ways: the victims' movement, the women's movement, the prisoners' rights movement, and…

Book details

List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/19/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 468
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Marie Gottschalk is professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. A former editor and journalist, she was a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration.



List of Figures and Table


Preface and Acknowledgments



The Prison and the Gallows: The Construction of the Carceral State in America



Law, Order, and Alternative Explanations



Unlocking the Past: The Nationalization and Politicization of Law and Order



The Carceral State and the Welfare State: The Comparative Politics of Victims



Not the Usual Suspects: Feminists, Women's Groups, and the Anti-Rape Movement



The Battered-Women's Movement and the Development of Penal Policy



From Rights to Revolution: Prison Activism and the Carceral State



Capital Punishment, the Courts, and the Early Origins of the Carceral State, 1920s-1960s



The Power to Punish and Execute: The Political Development of Capital Punishment, 1972 to Today



Conclusion: Whither the Carceral State?


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