Prison state
Subtitle: the challenge of mass incarceration
By: Bert Useem, Anne Morrison Piehl.
Contributors: Piehl, Anne Morrison, 1964-
Series: Cambridge studies in criminology
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780521885850; 9780521713399
Subjects: Prisons -- United States.; Prison administration -- United States.; Prisons -- Overcrowding -- United States.; Corrections -- United States.
Table of contents: title: The buildup to mass incarceration; title: Causes of the prison buildup; title: More prison, less crime?; title: Prison buildup and disorder; title: The buildup and inmate release; title: Implications of the buildup for labor markets; title: Conclusion: Right-sizing prison.