The modern prison paradox : politics, punishment, and social community / Amy E. Lerman, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lerman, Amy E., 1978-
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014[2013]
Subjects:
Prisons > United States.
Prisoners > United States > Social conditions.
Corrections > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Physical Description:xi, 299 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The modern prison paradox
  • Symbolic politics, crime control, and the punitive turn
  • Public policy, punishment, and the creation of fractured community
  • The culture and consequence of prison institutions: the case of California
  • The social effects of incarceration
  • The social effects of prison work
  • From individuals to communities
  • Criminal justice, community, and the road to reform
  • Epilogue (or: how I went to Berkeley and wound up in prison).