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

Name: Big Prisons, Big Dreams Crime and the Failure of America's Penal System
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ISBN: 9780813541860

ISBN-10: 0813541867

ISBN-13: 9780813541860

Edition: 2007

Authors: Michael Lynch, Raymond J. Michalowski

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Book details

List price: $41.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 8/31/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 274
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Michael Lynchis professor in the Science & Technology Studies Department at Cornell University.Simon Coleis the author ofSuspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification.Ruth McNallyis a senior research fellow at the Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics at Lancaster University.Kathleen Jordanhas a Ph.D. in sociology from Boston University and is currently a student at the Rhode Island School of Design.



Preface



Introduction: Big, Dark Secrets, and America's Prison System



Prisons and Crime



The Growth of America's Prison System



Raising Questions About America's Big Prison System



Explaining Prison Growth in the United States: The Materialist Perspective



Prison Effects: Who Gets Locked Up



The Imprisonment Binge and Crime



The End of Oil and the Future of American Prisons?



A Consuming Culture


Notes


References


Index