Locked in
Subtitle: the true causes of mass incarceration--and how to achieve real reform
By: John F. Pfaff
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780465096916
Subjects: Corrections; Administration of Criminal justice; Imprisonment
Other titles: True causes of mass incarceration--and how to achieve real reform
Description: "Pfaff argues that existing accounts of the causes of mass incarceration are fundamentally misguided. The most widely accepted explanations--the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons--actually tell us much less than we like to think. Instead, Pfaff urges us to look at other factors, including a major shift in prosecutor behavior that occurred in the mid-1990s, when prosecutors began bringing felony charges against arrestees about twice as often as they had before"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: American exceptionalism; title: The standard story: The war on drugs. A brief history of time (served). Private prisons, public spending. Costs of the standard story; title: A new narrative: The man behind the curtain. The broken politics of punishment. The third rail : violent offenses. Quo Vadis?; title: Conclusion.