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5%OFFJudah Schept - Progressive Punishment: Job Loss, Jail Growth, and the Neoliberal Logic of Carceral Expansion - 9781479808779 - V9781479808779
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Progressive Punishment: Job Loss, Jail Growth, and the Neoliberal Logic of Carceral Expansion

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Description for Progressive Punishment: Job Loss, Jail Growth, and the Neoliberal Logic of Carceral Expansion Paperback. Series: Alternative Criminology. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Winner, 2017 American Society of Criminology's Division on Critical Criminology and Social Justice Best Book Award 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 welfare state? Can progressive policies such as these, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Alternative Criminology
Condition
New
Weight
430g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479808779
SKU
V9781479808779
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About Judah Schept
Judah Schept is Assistant Professor of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University.

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 This is a significant contribution that crosses disciplinary boundaries. -Choice Connect Schept's stunningly original analysis shows how difficult it will be to escape the carceral state we have built over the past ... Read more

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