Imprisoning America
Subtitle: the social effects of mass incarceration
By: Mary Pattillo, David Weiman, Bruce Western, editors.
Contributors: Pattillo, Mary E.; Weiman, David F.; Western, Bruce, 1964-
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Imprisonment -- United States; Imprisonment -- Social aspects -- United States; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Social aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Bruce Western, Mary Pattillo, and David Weiman; title: pt. I. Families. Incarceration and the bonds between parents in fragile families / Bruce Western, Leonard M. Lopoo, and Sara McLanahan ; Fatherhood and incarceration as potential turning points in the criminal careers of unskilled men / Kathryn Edin, Timothy Nelson, and Rechelle Parnal ; Returning to strangers: newly paroled young fathers and their children / Anne M. Nurse ; Children of incarcerated parents: multiple risks and children's living arrangements / Elizabeth I. Johnson and Jane Waldfogel; title: pt. II. Communities. Effects of incarceration on informal social control in communities / James P. Lynch and William J. Sabol ; Lost voices: the civic and political views of disenfranchised felons / Christopher Uggen and Jeff Manza ; Will employers hire former offenders?: employer preferences, background checks, and their determinants / Harry Holzer, Steven Raphael, and Michael A. Stoll; title: Conclusion. Reentry and reintegration: new perspectives on the challenges of mass incarceration / Jeremy Travis.