Golden gulag : prisons, surplus, crisis, and opposition in globalizing California / Ruth Wilson Gilmore.

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Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called "the biggest prison building project in the history of the world." Golden Gul...

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Main Author: Gilmore, Ruth Wilson, 1950-
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007], ©2007.
Series:American crossroads ; 21.
Subjects:
Prisons > California.
Prisons > Economic aspects > California.
Prisons > Sociological aspects > California.
Imprisonment > California.
African American prisoners > California > History.
Minorities > California.
Criminal justice, Administration of > California.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > California.
Prison reformers > California.
Regression (Civilization)
Special collections > Sacramento Public Library.
California > Economic conditions.
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Physical Description:xxii, 388 pages : illustrations, charts, map ; 22 cm.
Variant Title:
Prisons, surplus, crisis, and opposition in globalizing California.
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Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called "the biggest prison building project in the history of the world." Golden Gulag provides the first detailed explanation for that buildup by looking at how political and economic forces, ranging from global to local, conjoined to produce the prison boom.
Call Number:HV9475.C2 G73 2007
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-354) and index.
ISBN:9780520222564 (cloth : alk. paper) :
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9780520242012 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
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