Imprisoning communities [electronic resource] : how mass incarceration makes disadvantaged neighborhoods worse /
by Clear, Todd R.
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BookSeries: Studies in crime and public policy: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007Description: 1 online resource (xv, 255 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780199943944 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Imprisonment -- Social aspects -- United States | Social problems -- United States | Urban poor -- United States | Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States | Community-based corrections -- United StatesOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: A detailed and empirical exploration of the effects of mass incarceration in poor areas, 'Imprisoning Communities' demonstrates that, in high doses, incarceration contributes to the very social problems it is intended to solve.
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A detailed and empirical exploration of the effects of mass incarceration in poor areas, 'Imprisoning Communities' demonstrates that, in high doses, incarceration contributes to the very social problems it is intended to solve.
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