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Author

Barker, Vanessa.

Title The politics of imprisonment [electronic resource] : how the democratic process shapes the way America punishes offenders / Vanessa Barker.

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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	ix, 252 p. : ill.
Series	Studies in crime and public policy
	Studies in crime and public policy.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Imprisonment and the democratic process -- Explaining penal regime variation : political structures and collective agency -- The case of California : neopopulism and retribution -- Washington State deliberates : from fortress prison to de-escalation -- New York : elite pragmatism and managerialism -- Democratic governance, social trust, and penal order.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- States.
	Criminals -- United States -- States.
	Imprisonment -- United States -- States.
	Equality -- United States.
	Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States -- States.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780195370027 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0195370023 (cloth : alk. paper)