Do prisons make us safer? : the benefits and costs of the prison boom / Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll, editors.
2009
KF9735 .D6 2009 (Mapit)
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Do prisons make us safer? : the benefits and costs of the prison boom / Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll, editors.
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Imprint
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Description
x, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Why are so many Americans in prison? / Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll
The origins of mass incarceration in New York State : the Rockefeller drug laws and the local war on drugs / David F. Weiman and Christopher Weiss
The impact of prison on crime / Shawn D. Bushway and Raymond Paternoster
The people prisons make : the effects of incarceration on criminal psychology / Amy E. Lerman
Ever-increasing levels of parental incarceration and the consequences for children / Rucker C. Johnson
Footing the bill : causes and budgetary consequences of state spending on corrections / John W. Ellwood and Joshua Guetzkow
Collateral costs : effects of incarceration on employment and earnings among young workers / Harry J. Holzer
Assessing the relative benefits of incarceration : overall changes and the benefits on the margin / John J. Donohue III.
The origins of mass incarceration in New York State : the Rockefeller drug laws and the local war on drugs / David F. Weiman and Christopher Weiss
The impact of prison on crime / Shawn D. Bushway and Raymond Paternoster
The people prisons make : the effects of incarceration on criminal psychology / Amy E. Lerman
Ever-increasing levels of parental incarceration and the consequences for children / Rucker C. Johnson
Footing the bill : causes and budgetary consequences of state spending on corrections / John W. Ellwood and Joshua Guetzkow
Collateral costs : effects of incarceration on employment and earnings among young workers / Harry J. Holzer
Assessing the relative benefits of incarceration : overall changes and the benefits on the margin / John J. Donohue III.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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STA
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KF9735 .D6 2009
Language
English
ISBN
0871548607 alkaline paper
9780871548603 alkaline paper
9780871548603 alkaline paper
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