Downsizing prisons: how to reduce crime and end mass incarceration

by Jacobson, Michael

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Full title :Downsizing prisons : how to reduce crime and end mass incarceration / Michael Jacobson

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2005

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):New York University Press
Place of Publication:New York and London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2005

Notes

Introduction : bloated prisons. Mass incarceration. Unintended consequences. A new reality for prison systems . Why prison growth does not reduce crime. Why parole and probation policies need to change. Success stories. Downsizing prisons

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 292 p.) : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0814742742, 9780814742747
oclc:ocn756582201
LC Classification:HV9471
Dewey Decimal:364.6 0973

Introduction : bloated prisons -- Mass incarceration -- Unintended consequences -- A new reality for prison systems -- Why prison growth does not reduce crime -- Why parole and probation policies need to change -- Success stories -- Downsizing prisons.

Subjects

Alternatives to imprisonment Alternatives to imprisonment -- United … Criminals -- Rehabilitation Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United S… Emprisonnement -- Alternative -- États-… Libération conditionnelle -- États-Unis Parole Parole -- United States Prisons Prisons -- États-Unis Prisons -- United States Probation Probation -- United States Probation (Droit) -- États-Unis Réhabilitation -- États-Unis United States