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The modern prison paradox : politics, punishment, and social community / Amy E. Lerman, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: xi, 299 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781107041455 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9781107613850 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 365.973 LER-A 23
LOC classification:
  • HV9471 .L439 2014
Contents:
The modern prison paradox -- Symbolic politics, crime control, and the punitive turn -- Public policy, punishment, and the creation of fractured community -- The culture and consequence of prison institutions: the case of California -- The social effects of incarceration -- The social effects of prison work -- From individuals to communities -- Criminal justice, community, and the road to reform -- Epilogue (or: how I went to Berkeley and wound up in prison).
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The modern prison paradox -- Symbolic politics, crime control, and the punitive turn -- Public policy, punishment, and the creation of fractured community -- The culture and consequence of prison institutions: the case of California -- The social effects of incarceration -- The social effects of prison work -- From individuals to communities -- Criminal justice, community, and the road to reform -- Epilogue (or: how I went to Berkeley and wound up in prison).

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