The politics of imprisonment : how the democratic process shapes the way America punishes offenders /

The attention devoted to the unprecedented levels of imprisonment in the United States obscure an obvious but understudied aspect of criminal justice: there is no consistent punishment policy across the U.S. It is up to individual states to administer their criminal justice systems, and the differen...

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Main Author: Barker, Vanessa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2009
Series:Studies in crime and public policy.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central