--from the Foreword by Todd R. Clear, Florida State University
Punishment in America offers readers a critical examination of the so-called back end of the criminal justice system, namely, incarceration. The book integrates various levels of analysis ranging from the macrosociological aspects of punishment to the meso (organizational) and micro (individual) dimensions of imprisonment. The overarching themes of Punishment in America are social control and the ironic effects of incarceration. In an effort to reduce crime, the criminal justice system ironically produces various self-defeating measures. Moreover, these pitfalls in current correctional policy and practice which neglect fundamental social inequality merely compound the problem of crime.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780761910848
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-7619-1084-8
- Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
- Erscheinungstermin: 11.08.1999
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 1999
- Produktform: Kartoniert, Paperback
- Gewicht: 494 g
- Seiten: 344
- Format (B x H x T): 152 x 229 x 18 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
- Nachauflage: 978-0-7619-3059-4