Locked in : the true causes of mass incarceration--and how to achieve real reform / John F. Pfaff.

"Pfaff argues that existing accounts of the causes of mass incarceration are fundamentally misguided. The most widely accepted explanations--the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons--actually tell us much less than we like to think. Instead, Pfaff...

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Main Author:	Pfaff, John F. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, [2017]
Subjects:	Imprisonment > United States. Criminal justice, Administration of > United States. Corrections > United States. Corrections. Criminal justice, Administration of. Imprisonment. United States. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
Physical Description:	viii, 311 pages ; 25 cm
Variant Title:	True causes of mass incarceration--and how to achieve real reform
Format:	Book