Do Prisons Make Us Safer?: The Benefits and Costs of the Prison Boom

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Contents About the Authors vii Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll PART I PRISON BOOM CONTEXT Chapter 2 Why Are So Many Americans in Prison? 27 Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll Chapter 3 The Origins of Mass Incarceration in New York State: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Local War on Drugs 73 David F. Weiman and Christopher Weiss PART II THE BENEFITS AND COSTS OF THE PRISON BOOM Chapter 4 The Impact of Prison on Crime 119 Shawn D. Bushway and Raymond Paternoster Chapter 5 The People Prisons Make: Effects of Incarceration on Criminal Psychology 151 Amy E. Lerman Chapter 6 Ever-Increasing Levels of Parental Incarceration and the Consequences for Children 177 Rucker C. Johnson Chapter 7 Footing the Bill: Causes and Budgetary Consequences of State Spending on Corrections 207 John W. Ellwood and Joshua Guetzkow Chapter 8 Collateral Costs: Effects of Incarceration on Employment and Earnings Among Young Workers 239 Harry J. Holzer PART III ARE WE AT A SOCIALLY OPTIMAL LEVEL OF IMPRISONMENT? Chapter 9 Assessing the Relative Benefits of Incarceration: Overall Changes and the Benefits on the Margin 269 John J. Donohue III Index 343 vi Contents ...