Mass Incarceration in America
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4408-8142-8 (ISBN)
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On a per capita basis, the United States incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other nation in the world. This book explains the social, economic, and political forces that account for this controversial distinction through features that include context-setting introductory chapters, illuminating primary documents, informative biographical and organizational profiles, a detailed timeline of events and trends related to incarceration in the USA, and personal essays contributed by administrators, researchers, educators, and people with firsthand experience of life behind bars.
Rachel M. Durso is Associate Professor of Sociology and Department Chair of Sociology at Washington College, MD, USA. Durso's primary research interests concern the consequences of mass incarceration in the United States in the 21st century. Her research explores the ways in which social control of minority groups, partisanship, and historical punishment practices affect modern-day punishment issues such as increases in corrections spending, prison admissions, and prison privatization.
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Background and History
History of Prisons in the United States: Colonial Era to the Civil War
Changes in Incarceration: Post Civil War to the 1960s
Transition to the Modern Carceral State: 1960s to Present
Conclusion
References
2. Problems, Controversies, and Solutions
Incarceration and Inequality
Contributors to Mass Incarceration
The Criminal Justice System
Problems with the Prison System
Penal Reform and Decarceration
Conclusion
References
3. Perspectives
Inside Out, Annalie Buscarino
The Adultification of Black , Mercier
Do It Differently, Megan S.
Learning from Anger Management, Penni Walker Doyle
The Empowerment Library, Nanna Bailey
4. Profiles
People
Angela Y. Davis (1944– )
John J. DiIulio, Jr. (1958– )
David Garland (1955– )
Ruth Wilson Gilmore (1950– )
George L. Kelling (1935–2019)
Joan Petersilia (1951–2019)
Sister Helen Prejean (1939– )
Lawrence W. Sherman (1949– )
Bryan Stevenson (1959– )
James Q. Wilson (1931–2012)
Organizations
The Innocence Project and Innocence Network
The Marshall Project
Prison Policy Initiative
The Sentencing Project
References
5. Data and Documents
Data
Figure 5.1: Total Prison Population, 1925–2023
Figure 5.2: State and Federal Prison Populations, 1980–2023
Figure 5.3: Change in Incarceration Rates, 1980–2023
Documents
Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution: Abolition of Slavery (1865)
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
President Ronald Reagan’s State of the Union Address (1985)
President George H.W. Bush’s Address at the National Peace Officers Memorial Day Service in Washington, DC (1989)
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (1994)
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (1996)
Miller v. Alabama (2012)
President Barack Obama’s Remarks at the NAACP Conference in Philadelphia, PA (2015)
References
6. Resources
Books and Reports
Journalism and Media Resources
Places
Websites and Databases
References
7. Chronology
Glossary
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.5.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Contemporary World Issues |
| Zusatzinfo | 10 bw |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4408-8142-1 / 1440881421 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4408-8142-8 / 9781440881428 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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