Lerman, Amy E.,  1978- <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107041455 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781107613850 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013006875 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Prisons--United States.<br/>Prisoners--Social conditions.--United States<br/>Corrections--United States.<br/>Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV9471  / .L439 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>365.973 LER-A