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Locked in : the true causes of mass incarceration--and how to achieve real reform

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text Locked in : the true causes of mass incarceration--and how to achieve real reform

Pfaff, John F.

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Summary
"Pfaff argues that existing accounts of the causes of mass incarceration are fundamentally misguided. The most widely accepted explanations--the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons--actually te... Read more
Contents
American exceptionalism -- Conventional unwisdom: the war on drugs -- A brief history of time (served) -- Conventional unwisdom: private prisons, public spending -- The state of reform: what's happened, and what's at stake -- The man behind the cu... Read more
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viii, 311 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher
Basic Books 2017
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