Gottschalk, Marie. <br/><br/>
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) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-427) and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521682916 : PAP  $28.99 9780521682916 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Cambridge Univ Pr, 100 Brook Hill Dr, West Nyack, NY, USA, 10994-2133, (845)3537500  SAN 281-3769 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005031115 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Prisons--United States.<br/>Imprisonment--Government policy--United States.<br/>Capital punishment--United States.<br/>Prisoners--Civil rights.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV9471  / .G67 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>365/.973