From Asylum to Prison. Deinstitutionalization and the Rise of Mass Incarceration after 1945, Paperback - Anne E. Parsons

Recasts the political narrative of the late twentieth century, as Anne Parsons charts how the politics of mass incarceration shaped the deinstituti...

Reducere. The United States has built a carceral state that is unprecedented among Western countries and in US history. Nearly one in 50 people, excluding ch...

Motherhood In and After Prison is based on first-hand accounts by imprisoned mothers/grandmothers of their incarceration. It is a feminist, matrice...

Reducere. Sharing the Burden of Repair: Reentry After Mass Incarceration describes a six-year listening project on reentry that took place at the crest of an...

Reducere. The dollar's status as the world's preeminent currency, together with the U.S. military, has underlain American power since World War II. In a swee...

The United States is the world leader in incarcerating citizens. 707 people out of every 100, 000 are imprisoned. If those currently incarcerated i...

Economists say there is a limit to what we gain by buying consumer goods. Americans say they want to work less. Yet we continue toiling away and us...

Co-Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial PrizeA New York Times Notable Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Wall Street ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Todd R. ClearAuthor: Natasha A. FrostOver the last 40 years, the US penal system has grown at an unprecedented rate--five t...

Reducere. The phenomenal growth of penal confinement in the United States in the last quarter of the twentieth century is still a public policy mystery. Whil...

Reducere. We all know that orange is the new black and mass incarceration is the new Jim Crow, but how much do we actually know about the structure, goals, a...

If a 'robot' could do your job quicker than you and better than you for no pay, would you still be employed? Today it's travel agents, data-analyst...

Foreword by Kim Kardashian WestThe true-life story of the woman whose life sentence for non-violent drug trafficking was commuted by President Dona...

Reducere. Between World War I and World War II, African Americans' quest for civil rights took on a more aggressive character as a new group of black activis...

Reducere. This is the story of one man's journey from heroin addiction, crime, and prison to productive member of society, family man and community activist....

An engaging and potentially controversial critique of Fleet Air Arm operations during an immensely critical period of world history.Publisher: Pen ...

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As heard on NPR's Fresh Air A "persuasive and essential" (Matthew Desmond) work that will forever change how we look at life after prison in Americ...

A "persuasive and essential" (Matthew Desmond) work that will forever change how we look at life after prison in America through Miller's "stunning...

This book critiques existing literature on the response of Western states to asylum seeking 'others' and outlines an alternative perspective to ack...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Amy EdwardsIllustration(s): 18 b-w figures, 1 mapNumber of pages: 384Collection: Berkeley Serie...

DescriptionMass incarceration is an overwhelming problem and reforms are often difficult, leading to confusion about what to do and where to start....

Reducere. DescriptionA tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller--"one of the most influential books of the past decade, " according to the Chronicl...

An engaging and potentially controversial critique of Fleet Air Arm operations during an immensely critical period of world history. Supplemented b...

Reducere. The award-winning "radically original" (The Atlantic) restorative justice leader, whose work the Washington Post has called "totally sensible and t...

This book examines how democracy was rethought in Germany in the wake of National Socialism, the Second World War and the Holocaust. The book focus...

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The United States has the world's largest prison population, with more than two million behind bars. Alexander says this is mainly due to America's...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1945, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker as the Third Reich collapsed around him and the Red Army swamped Berlin. This is the sto...

DescriptionThe American founders did not endorse a citizen's right to know. More openness in government, more frankness in a doctor's communication...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Aya GruberNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 21Cover type: Paper...

Reducere. Body, Self, and Society The View from Fiji Anne E. Becker "This illuminating and well-written book offers anthropologists with an interest in embod...

Reducere. Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly' Slate' Chronicle of Higher Eduction' Literary Hub, Bo...

Reducere. This short text, ideal for Social Problems and Criminal Justice courses, examines the American prison system, its conditions, and its impact on soc...

Why do the UK and US disproportionately incarcerate the mentally ill? Via multiple re-framings of the question-theological, socioeconomic, and psyc...

Publisher: The New PressAuthor(s): Jonathan SimonNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 140 x 208 x 20Cover type: Paperback / softba...