Book contents
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I What Is Mass Incarceration?
- Part II The Building Blocks of Mass Incarceration
- Part III The Mechanics of Mass Incarceration
- 10 More Police, Different Arrests
- 11 Prosecutors Turning Arrests into Convictions
- 12 Judges Turning Convictions into Incarceration
- 13 Judicial Interpretation
- 14 Punishing Repeat Offenses
- 15 The Parole-and-Probation-to-Prison Pipeline
- 16 Disappearing Pardons
- 17 The Mindlessness of Jail
- Part IV The Road to Recovery
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
15 - The Parole-and-Probation-to-Prison Pipeline
from Part III - The Mechanics of Mass Incarceration
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2022
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I What Is Mass Incarceration?
- Part II The Building Blocks of Mass Incarceration
- Part III The Mechanics of Mass Incarceration
- 10 More Police, Different Arrests
- 11 Prosecutors Turning Arrests into Convictions
- 12 Judges Turning Convictions into Incarceration
- 13 Judicial Interpretation
- 14 Punishing Repeat Offenses
- 15 The Parole-and-Probation-to-Prison Pipeline
- 16 Disappearing Pardons
- 17 The Mindlessness of Jail
- Part IV The Road to Recovery
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Recidivism laws, like the three strikes laws discussed in the previous chapter, are one way to eliminate second and third chances, dictating lengthy sentences for repeat offenses. Another way that the criminal law punishes people who have offended one too many times is through probation and parole revocations. While severely understudied, parole and probation revocations generate about a third of prison admissions and possibly more. And perhaps no change better illustrates the change from a criminal justice to a criminal legal system than the increasing volume of incarceration generated through the parole and probation revocation process.
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- Mass Incarceration NationHow the United States Became Addicted to Prisons and Jails and How It Can Recover, pp. 147 - 152Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022