The prison and the gallows : the politics of mass incarceration in America /
Gottschalk, Marie.
The prison and the gallows : the politics of mass incarceration in America / Marie Gottschalk. - New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xiii, 451 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in criminology . - Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-427) and index.
The prison and the gallows : the construction of the carceral state in America -- Law, order, and alternative explanations -- Unlocking the past : the nationalization and politicization of law and order -- The carceral state and the welfare state : the comparative politics of victims -- Not the usual suspects : feminists, women's groups, and the anti-rape movement -- The battered women's movement and the development of penal policy -- From rights to revolution : prison activism and the carceral state -- Capital punishment, the courts, and the early origins of the carceral state, 1920s-1960s -- The power to punish and execute : the political development of capital punishment, 1972 to today -- Conclusion : Whither the carceral state?
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Prisons--United States.
Imprisonment--Government policy--United States.
Capital punishment--United States.
Prisoners--Civil rights.--United States
United States--Politics and government.
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The prison and the gallows : the politics of mass incarceration in America / Marie Gottschalk. - New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xiii, 451 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in criminology . - Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-427) and index.
The prison and the gallows : the construction of the carceral state in America -- Law, order, and alternative explanations -- Unlocking the past : the nationalization and politicization of law and order -- The carceral state and the welfare state : the comparative politics of victims -- Not the usual suspects : feminists, women's groups, and the anti-rape movement -- The battered women's movement and the development of penal policy -- From rights to revolution : prison activism and the carceral state -- Capital punishment, the courts, and the early origins of the carceral state, 1920s-1960s -- The power to punish and execute : the political development of capital punishment, 1972 to today -- Conclusion : Whither the carceral state?
0521682916 : PAP $28.99 9780521682916
Cambridge Univ Pr, 100 Brook Hill Dr, West Nyack, NY, USA, 10994-2133, (845)3537500 SAN 281-3769
2005031115
Prisons--United States.
Imprisonment--Government policy--United States.
Capital punishment--United States.
Prisoners--Civil rights.--United States
United States--Politics and government.
HV9471 / .G67 2006
365/.973