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The Toughest Beat: Politics, Punishment, and the Prison Officers Union in California

The Toughest Beat: Politics, Punishment, and the Prison Officers Union in California - Paperback

by Joshua Page
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joshua PageSeries:Studies in Crime and Public Policy (Paperback)Publish date:2013-02-01Pages:312
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199985074ISBN-10:199985073UPC:9780199985074Book Category:Social Science, Law, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Criminology, Criminal Procedure, Public PolicyBook Topic:Social PolicySize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC7GTM6CPV
In America today, one in every hundred adults is behind bars. As our prison population has exploded, 'law and order' interest groups have also grown -- in numbers and political clout. In The Toughest Beat, Joshua Page argues in crisp, vivid prose that the Golden State's prison boom fueled the rise of one of the most politically potent and feared interest groups in the nation: the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA). As it made great strides for its members, the prison officers' union also fundamentally altered the composition and orientation of the penal field. The Toughest Beat is essential reading for anyone concerned with contemporary crime and punishment, interest group politics, and public sector labor unions.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199985074ISBN-10:199985073UPC:9780199985074Book Category:Social Science, Law, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Criminology, Criminal Procedure, Public PolicyBook Topic:Social PolicySize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC7GTM6CPV
Joshua Page was born and raised in Southern California. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of California-Santa Barbara and master's and doctorate degrees from the University of California-Berkeley. Page is currently a professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife Letta Wren and two dogs.
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