The Punishment Imperative: The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in America 978-0-8147-1719-6, 0814717195, 9781479851690, 1479851698

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Content: Acknowledgments 1. The Beginning of the End of the Punishment Imperative 2. The Contours of Mass Incarceration 3. The Punishment Imperative as a Grand Social Experiment 4. The Policies of the Punishment Imperative 5. Two Views on the Objectives of the Punishment Imperative 6. Assessing the Punishment Imperative 7. Dismantling the Punishment Imperative Notes References Index About the Authors

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