The politics of imprisonment [electronic resource] : how the democratic process shapes the way America punishes offenders / Vanessa Barker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in crime and public policyPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: ix, 252 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 365/.973 22
LOC classification:
  • HV9950 .B357 2009eb
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Contents:
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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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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