Race to Incarcerate The Sentencing Project

Name: Race to Incarcerate The Sentencing Project
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ISBN: 9781565844292

ISBN-10: 1565844297

ISBN-13: 9781565844292

Edition: N/A

Authors: Marc Mauer

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Book details

List price: $22.95
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 8/1/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.74" wide x 8.47" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface



Introduction: The Race to Incarcerate



The Incarceration "Experiment"



The Rise of the "Tough on Crime" Movement



Crime as Politics



The Prison-crime Connection



The Limits of the Criminal Justice System on Crime Control



African Americans and the Criminal Justice System



The War on Drugs and the African American Community



What's Class Got to Do with It?



"Give the Public What It Wants": Media Images and Crime Policy



Unintended Consequences



A New Direction for a New Century


Index