Descript |
xv, 240 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
Edition |
Rev. and updated, 2nd ed. |
Contents |
1. Introduction : the race to incarcerate -- 2. The incarceration "experiment' -- 3. The rise of the "tough on crime" movement -- 4. Crime as politics -- 5.The prison-crime connection -- 6. The limits of the criminal justice system on crime control -- 7. African Americans and the criminal justice system -- 8. The war on drugs and the African American community -- 9. What's class got to do with it? -- 10. "Give the public what it wants" : media images and crime policy -- 11. Consequences : intended and unintended -- 12. A new direction for a new century. |
ISBN |
1595580220 (pbk.) |
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9781595580221 |
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