Big Prisons, Big Dreams: Crime and the Failure of America's Penal System

by Michael J. Lynch and Professor Michael Lynch

Book Overview

The American prison system has grown tenfold since the 1970s, but crime rates in the United States have not decreased. This doesn't surprise Michael J. Lynch, a critical criminologist, who argues that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813541859
• ISBN13: 9780813541853
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.1"