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Cheap on Crime: Recession-Era Politics and the Transformation of American Punishment
Hadar Aviram
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Description for Cheap on Crime: Recession-Era Politics and the Transformation of American Punishment
Hardback. Draws on years of archival and journalistic research and builds on social history and economics literature to show the powerful impact of recession-era discourse on the death penalty, the war on drugs, incarceration practices, prison health care, and other aspects of the American correctional landscape. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 Graphs, 4 Tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
After forty years of increasing prison construction and incarceration rates, winds of change are blowing through the American correctional system. The 2008 financial crisis demonstrated the unsustainability of the incarceration project, thereby empowering policy makers to reform punishment through fiscal prudence and austerity. In Cheap on Crime, Hadar Aviram draws on years of archival and journalistic research and builds on social history and economics literature to show the powerful impact of recession-era discourse on the death penalty, the war on drugs, incarceration practices, prison health care, and other aspects of the American correctional landscape.
After forty years of increasing prison construction and incarceration rates, winds of change are blowing through the American correctional system. The 2008 financial crisis demonstrated the unsustainability of the incarceration project, thereby empowering policy makers to reform punishment through fiscal prudence and austerity. In Cheap on Crime, Hadar Aviram draws on years of archival and journalistic research and builds on social history and economics literature to show the powerful impact of recession-era discourse on the death penalty, the war on drugs, incarceration practices, prison health care, and other aspects of the American correctional landscape.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520277304
SKU
V9780520277304
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About Hadar Aviram
Hadar Aviram is Professor of Law at University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where she codirects the Hastings Institute for Criminal Justice and publishes the California Correctional Crisis blog. She lives in San Francisco.
Reviews for Cheap on Crime: Recession-Era Politics and the Transformation of American Punishment
"[This book] has the potential to become a classic in the study of how social context-in particular, times of financial crisis-influences incarceration policies... Highly recommended." CHOICE "Cheap on Crime makes a valuable contribution to the literature on mass incarceration and is a must-read for those seeking explanations for the significant changes that have occurred in American corrections over the last ... Read more