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NYU Press
- Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: NYU Press
summary
Over two million people are incarcerated in America’s prisons and jails, eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing, parole agencies intent on sending people back to prison, three-strike laws, for-profit prisons, and other changes in the legal system have contributed to this spectacular rise of the general prison population.
After overseeing the largest city jail system in the country, Michael Jacobson knows first-hand the inner workings of the corrections system. In Downsizing Prisons, he convincingly argues that mass incarceration will not, as many have claimed, reduce crime nor create more public safety. Simply put, throwing away the key is not the answer.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xi
- Introduction: Bloated Prisons
- pp. 8-17
- 1. Mass Incarceration
- pp. 18-41
- 2. Unintended Consequences
- pp. 42-77
- 3. A New Reality for Prison Systems
- pp. 78-105
- 6. Success Stories and Works in Progress
- pp. 173-214
- 7. Downsizing Prisons
- pp. 215-224
- Bibliography
- pp. 257-274
Additional Information
ISBN
9780814743805
Related ISBN(s)
9780814742747
MARC Record
OCLC
76834557
Pages
304
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No