Prison State: The Challenge of Mass Incarceration

by Anne Morrison Piehl and Bert Useem

Book Overview

During the past 25 years, the prison population in America shot upward to reach a staggering 1.53 million by 2005. This book takes a broad, critical look at incarceration, the huge social experiment... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521713390
• ISBN13: 9780521713399
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"