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Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire

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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert PerkinsonPublish date:2010-10-26Pages:512
Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9780312680473ISBN-10:312680473UPC:9780312680473Book Category:Social Science, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Penology, United States, Law EnforcementBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCP98M3C22

In the prison business, all roads lead to Texas. A pioneer in criminal justice severity--from assembly-line executions to supermax isolation, from mandatory sentencing to prison privatization--Texas is the most locked-down state in the most incarcerated country in the world. Texas Tough, a sweeping history of American imprisonment from the days of slavery to the present, explains how a plantation-based penal system once dismissed as barbaric became a template for the nation.

Drawing on the individual stories as well as authoritative research, Texas Tough reveals the true origins of America's prison juggernaut and points toward a more just and humane future.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9780312680473ISBN-10:312680473UPC:9780312680473Book Category:Social Science, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Penology, United States, Law EnforcementBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCP98M3C22

Robert Perkinson is a professor of American studies at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He lives in Honolulu, Hawai'i.


Publisher: Picador USA

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