Punishing the vulnerable : discrimination in American prisons / Jeremiah Wade-Olson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wade-Olson, Jeremiah (Author)
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2019]
Subjects:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Imprisonment > United States.
Criminals > United States > Social conditions.
Prisoners > United States > Social conditions.
Alternatives to imprisonment > United States.
Alternatives to imprisonment.
Criminals > Social conditions.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Imprisonment.
Prisoners > Social conditions.
United States.
Physical Description:xxvii, 167 pages : tables ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: America's prisons: a portrait of the vulnerable
  • "Crime" and moral panics
  • Discretion and punishment
  • Punishing the poor
  • Punishing the sick
  • Punishing race
  • Punishing immigrants
  • Punishing drug use
  • Punishing families
  • Instead of prisons.