TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gottschalk,Marie
TI  - The prison and the gallows: the politics of mass incarceration in America 
T2  - Cambridge studies in criminology
SN  - 0521682916 : PAP
AV  - HV9471 .G67 2006
U1  - 365/.973 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York, Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Prisons
KW  - United States
KW  - Imprisonment
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Capital punishment
KW  - Prisoners
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - 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?
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip062/2005031115.html
ER  -