Mass imprisonment: social causes and consequences
Éditeur :
SAGE Publications Inc
ISBN :
9780761973232
Date de publication :
22 mai 2001
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
480 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This volume includes chapters by leading criminologists, sociologists and historians that set out what is known about the political and penological causes of the phenomenon of mass imprisonment. It describes mass imprisonment′s impact upon crime, upon the minority communities most affected, upon social policy and, more broadly upon national culture.