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Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration

Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael JacobsonPublish date:02/01/05Pages:292
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9780814742747ISBN-10:814742742UPC:9780814742747Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Penology, CriminologySize:9.24 x 6.28 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.1817Product ID:SC3G19KAJN

A convincing argument that mass incarceration neither reduces crime nor ensures safety

Over two million people are incarcerated in America's prisons and jails, eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing, parole agencies intent on sending people back to prison, three-strike laws, for-profit prisons, and other changes in the legal system have contributed to this spectacular rise of the general prison population.

After overseeing the largest city jail system in the country, Michael Jacobson knows first-hand the inner workings of the corrections system. In Downsizing Prisons, he convincingly argues that mass incarceration will not, as many have claimed, reduce crime nor create more public safety. Simply put, throwing away the key is not the answer.
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9780814742747ISBN-10:814742742UPC:9780814742747Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Penology, CriminologySize:9.24 x 6.28 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.1817Product ID:SC3G19KAJN
Jacobson, Michael: - Michael Jacobson has over twenty years of government service. He was formerly the commissioner of the New York City Departments of Correction and Probation and a deputy budget director for the City of New York, serving in the Koch, Dinkins, and Giuliani administrations. He is currently the Executive Director of the Vera Institute of Justice.
Publisher: New York University Press

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