Book Details
Format
eBook
Pages
184
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 2001
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
ISBN-10
128233722X
ISBN-13
9781282337220
Description
This volume includes chapters by leading criminologists, sociologists and historians that set out what is known about the political and penological causes of the phenomenon of mass imprisonment. It describes mass imprisonment's impact upon crime, upon the minority communities most affected, upon social policy and, more broadly upon national culture.
Genres
Mystery
Crime