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Title The punishment imperative : the rise and failure of mass incarceration in America / Todd R. Clear and Natasha A. Frost.

Publication Info.	New York : New York University Press, [2014]
	2014

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

Description	1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The beginning of the end of the punishment imperative -- The contours of mass incarceration -- The punishment imperative as a grand social experiment -- The policies of the punishment imperative -- Two views on the objectives of the punishment imperative -- Assessing the punishment imperative -- Dismantling the punishment imperative.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Imprisonment -- United States.
	Corrections -- United States.
	Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Frost, Natasha.
Other Form:	Print version: Clear, Todd R. Punishment imperative : the rise and failure of mass incarceration in America. New York : New York University Press, [2014] xi, 258 pages 9780814717196 (DLC) 2013017727
ISBN	9780814717196
	9781479829026 (e-book)