Bibliograph

Race to incarcerate, a graphic retelling, Sabrina Jones and Marc Mauer

Type

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Race to incarcerate, a graphic retelling, Sabrina Jones and Marc Mauer

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Race to incarcerate

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Oclc number

818461909

Responsibility statement

Sabrina Jones and Marc Mauer

Sub title

a graphic retelling

Summary

"In this revised edition of his seminal book on race, class, and the criminal justice system, Marc Mauer, executive director of one of the United States' leading criminal justice reform organizations, offers the most up-to-date look available at three decades of prison expansion in America. Including newly written material on recent developments under the Bush administration and updated statistics, graphs, and charts throughout, the book tells the tragic story of runaway growth in the number of prisons and jails and the overreliance on imprisonment to stem problems of economic and social development. Called "sober and nuanced" by Publishers Weekly, Race to Incarcerate documents the enormous financial and human toll of the "get tough" movement, and argues for more humane--and productive--alternatives."--Publisher's website

Table Of Contents

Introduction: U.S. prisons from inception to export -- The rise of the "tough on crime" movement -- The triumph of "tough on crime" -- The rock gets rolling -- Crime as politics: the Reagan-Bush years -- Kemba Smith: a case of extreme sentencing -- Crime as politics: the Clinton years -- Crime as politics: the George W. Bush years -- The prison-crime connection -- Color-coded justice -- The war on drugs and African Americans -- A new direction

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