Crime and punishment in America, Elliott Currie
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Crime and punishment in America, Elliott Currie
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-259) and index
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
Crime and punishment in America
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bibliography
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794037855
Responsibility statement
Elliott Currie
Summary
Argues that a policy of mass incarceration is ineffective and that prison expenditures could have greater impact on criminal violence if spent on prevention and rehabilitation programs
Table Of Contents
Assessing the prison experiment -- Prison myths -- Alternatives I: prevention -- Alternatives II: social action -- Alternatives III: the justice system
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