Barker, Vanessa.

The politics of imprisonment how the democratic process shapes the way America punishes offenders / [electronic resource] : Vanessa Barker. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - ix, 252 p. : ill. - Studies in crime and public policy . - Studies in crime and public policy. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Imprisonment and the democratic process -- Explaining penal regime variation : political structures and collective agency -- The case of California : neopopulism and retribution -- Washington State deliberates : from fortress prison to de-escalation -- New York : elite pragmatism and managerialism -- Democratic governance, social trust, and penal order.


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Criminal justice, Administration of--States.--United States
Criminals--States.--United States
Imprisonment--States.--United States
Equality--United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration--States.--United States


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HV9950 / .B357 2009eb

365/.973