The modern prison paradox :

Lerman, Amy E., 1978-

The modern prison paradox : politics, punishment, and social community / Amy E. Lerman, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University. - xi, 299 pages ; 23 cm

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).

9781107041455 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781107613850 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2013006875


Prisons--United States.
Prisoners--Social conditions.--United States
Corrections--United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

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