Mass Incarceration Nation How the United States Became Addicted to Prisons and Jails and How It Can Recover
Book contents
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I What Is Mass Incarceration?
- 1 Definition
- 2 The Deprivation of Incarceration
- 3 Where Is Mass Incarceration?
- 4 Distinguishing the Criminal Justice and Criminal Legal Systems
- Part II The Building Blocks of Mass Incarceration
- Part III The Mechanics of Mass Incarceration
- Part IV The Road to Recovery
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
1 - Definition
from Part I - What Is Mass Incarceration?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2022
Book contents
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I What Is Mass Incarceration?
- 1 Definition
- 2 The Deprivation of Incarceration
- 3 Where Is Mass Incarceration?
- 4 Distinguishing the Criminal Justice and Criminal Legal Systems
- Part II The Building Blocks of Mass Incarceration
- Part III The Mechanics of Mass Incarceration
- Part IV The Road to Recovery
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
Summary
In 1970, the United States locked up approximately 200,000 people in state and federal prisons, with another 161,000 in local jails. The country’s incarceration rate – the number of people incarcerated as a percentage of the overall population – had been remarkably steady for decades and not that different from other Western nations, like England, France, or Germany.
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- Mass Incarceration NationHow the United States Became Addicted to Prisons and Jails and How It Can Recover, pp. 11 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022