| Portion of title |
True causes of mass incarceration--and how to achieve real reform |
| Contents |
Introduction: American exceptionalism -- The standard story: The war on drugs. A brief history of time (served). Private prisons, public spending. Costs of the standard story -- A new narrative: The man behind the curtain. The broken politics of punishment. The third rail : violent offenses. Quo Vadis? -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract |
"Pfaff argues that existing accounts of the causes of mass incarceration are fundamentally misguided. The most widely accepted explanations--the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons--actually tell us much less than we like to think. Instead, Pfaff urges us to look at other factors, including a major shift in prosecutor behavior that occurred in the mid-1990s, when prosecutors began bringing felony charges against arrestees about twice as often as they had before"--Amazon.com. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2016037701 |
| ISBN | 9780465096916 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0465096913 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
