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Downsizing Prisons

How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration
  • ISBN-13: 9780814742914
  • Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Michael Jacobson
  • Price: AUD $64.99
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  • Local release date: 01/10/2006
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 292 pages Weight: 420g
  • Categories: Prisons [JKVP1]USA [1KBB]
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Over two million people are incarcerated in America's prisons and jails, eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing, parole agencies intent on sending people back to prison, three-strike laws, for-profit prisons, and other changes in the legal system have contributed to this spectacular rise of the general prison population. After overseeing the largest city jail system in the country, Michael Jacobson knows first-hand the inner workings of the corrections system. In Downsizing Prisons, he convincingly argues that mass incarceration will not, as many have claimed, reduce crime nor create more public safety. Simply put, throwing away the key is not the answer.
ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface Introduction: Bloated Prisons 1 Mass Incarceration 2 Unintended Consequences 3 ANew Reality for Prison Systems 4 Why Prison Growth Does Not Substantially Reduce Crime 5 Why Parole and Probation Policies Need to Change 6 Success Stories and Works in Progress7 Downsizing Prisons Notes Bibliography IndexAbout the Author
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