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Big Prisons, Big Dreams: Crime and the Failure of America's Penal System - Critical Issues in Crime and Society
Michael Lynch
Big Prisons, Big Dreams: Crime and the Failure of America's Penal System - Critical Issues in Crime and Society
Michael Lynch
The American prison system has grown tenfold since the 1970s, but crime rates in the United States have not decreased. This doesn't surprise Michael J. Lynch, a critical criminologist, who argues that our oversized prison system is a product of our consumer culture, the public's inaccurate beliefs about controlling crime, and the government's criminalizing of the poor.
272 pages, 4 figures, 18 tables
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 31, 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9780813541860 |
Publishers | Rutgers University Press |
Pages | 274 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 15 mm · 397 g |
Series Editor | Michalowski, Raymond J. |
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