The prison and the gallows the politics of mass incarceration in America

The prison and the gallows : the construction of the carceral state in America -- Law, order, and alternative explanations -- Unlocking the past : the nationalization and politicization of law and order -- The carceral state and the welfare state : the comparative politics of victims -- Not the usua...

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1. Verfasser: Gottschalk, Marie (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge u.a. Cambridge University Press 2006
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in criminology
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Zusammenfassung:The prison and the gallows : the construction of the carceral state in America -- Law, order, and alternative explanations -- Unlocking the past : the nationalization and politicization of law and order -- The carceral state and the welfare state : the comparative politics of victims -- Not the usual suspects : feminists, women's groups, and the anti-rape movement -- The battered women's movement and the development of penal policy -- From rights to revolution : prison activism and penal policy -- Capital punishment, the courts, and the early origins of the carceral state, 1920s-1960s -- The power to punish : the political development of capital punishment, 1972 to today -- Whither the carceral state
The prison and the gallows : the construction of the carceral state in America -- Law, order, and alternative explanations -- Unlocking the past : the nationalization and politicization of law and order -- The carceral state and the welfare state : the comparative politics of victims -- Not the usual suspects : feminists, women's groups, and the anti-rape movement -- The battered women's movement and the development of penal policy -- From rights to revolution : prison activism and the carceral state -- Capital punishment, the courts, and the early origins of the carceral state, 1920s-1960s -- The power to punish and execute : the political development of capital punishment, 1972 to today -- Conclusion : Whither the carceral state?
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (S. 379 - 427) and index
Beschreibung:XIII, 451 S.
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ISBN:9780521682916
978-0-521-68291-6
0521864275
0-521-86427-5
0521682916
0-521-68291-6
9780521864275
978-0-521-86427-5