Progressive Punishment: Job Loss, Jail Growth, and the Neoliberal Logic of Carceral Expansion
Judah Schept
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Description for Progressive Punishment: Job Loss, Jail Growth, and the Neoliberal Logic of Carceral Expansion
Hardback. Series: Alternative Criminology. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
Winner, 2017 American Society of Criminology's Division on Critical Criminology and Social Justice Best Book Award
An examination of the neoliberal politics of incarceration
The growth of mass incarceration in the United States eludes neat categorization as a product of the political Right. Liberals played important roles in both laying the foundation for and then participating in the conservative tough on crime movement that is largely credited with the rise of the prison state. But what of those politicians and activists on the Left who reject punitive politics in favor of rehabilitation and a stronger ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Alternative Criminology
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479810710
SKU
V9781479810710
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About Judah Schept
Judah Schept is Professor of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. He is the author of the award-winning Progressive Punishment: Job Loss, Jail Growth, and the Neoliberal Logic of Carceral Expansion.
Reviews for Progressive Punishment: Job Loss, Jail Growth, and the Neoliberal Logic of Carceral Expansion
Progressive Punishment pushes relentlessly and appropriately against the & common sense understandings of liberal reform that simply exacerbate mass incarceration.
Michelle Brown,author of The Culture of Punishment Schepts stunningly original analysis shows how difficult it will be to escape the carceral state we have built over the past four decades. A breakthrough in punishment and society research.
Jonathan ... Read more
Michelle Brown,author of The Culture of Punishment Schepts stunningly original analysis shows how difficult it will be to escape the carceral state we have built over the past four decades. A breakthrough in punishment and society research.
Jonathan ... Read more