Book
Mass Incarceration Nation: How the United States Became Addicted to Prisons and Jails and How It Can Recover
(2023)
Abstract
A former prosecutor turned law professor explains the rise of mass incarceration and the path to reform. The book offers an in-the-trenches perspective that solves the riddle of how thousands of local police, prosecutors, and judges, acting independently, produced the world's highest incarceration rates, while solving a shockingly low percentage of even serious crimes.
Keywords
- Criminal justice system,
- Mass incarceration,
- Imprisonment,
- Criminal sentencing
Disciplines
Publication Date
2023
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
9781009267540
Citation Information
Jeffrey Bellin. Mass Incarceration Nation: How the United States Became Addicted to Prisons and Jails and How It Can Recover. (2023) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jeffrey-bellin/87/