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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.

Imprint 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)

 
    
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