Locked in : the true causes of mass incarceration and how to achieve real reform

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, Pfaf...

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Auteur principal : Pfaff John F. (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Locked in : the true causes of mass incarceration and how to achieve real reform / John F. Pfaff
Publié : New York : Basic Books , copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-311 p.)
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