Bibliograph

Race to incarcerate, Marc Mauer [and] the Sentencing Project

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Race to incarcerate, Marc Mauer [and] the Sentencing Project

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-229) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Race to incarcerate

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

61458395

Responsibility statement

Marc Mauer [and] the Sentencing Project

Table Of Contents

1. Introduction : the race to incarcerate -- 2. The incarceration "experiment' -- 3. The rise of the "tough on crime" movement -- 4. Crime as politics -- 5.The prison-crime connection -- 6. The limits of the criminal justice system on crime control -- 7. African Americans and the criminal justice system -- 8. The war on drugs and the African American community -- 9. What's class got to do with it? -- 10. "Give the public what it wants" : media images and crime policy -- 11. Consequences : intended and unintended -- 12. A new direction for a new century

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