The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in America
by
Todd R. Clear, Natasha A. Frost
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Over the last 40 years, the US penal system has grown at an unprecedented rate—five times larger than in the past and grossly out of scale with the rest of the world. In The Punishment Imperative, eminent criminologists Todd R. Clear and Natasha A. Frost argue that America’s move to mass incarceration...