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
14 - Punishing Repeat Offenses
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
Abstract arguments about crime and punishment typically focus on single, isolated offenses. But a key question for any criminal justice system is how to treat people who come before courts for their second, third, fourth, fifth time and beyond? The prevalence of these cases is one of the reasons that police, prosecutors, and judges often do not consider the system as harsh as it appears to outsiders. In their experience, many of the folks who get locked up received multiple chances to avoid incarceration.
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- Mass Incarceration NationHow the United States Became Addicted to Prisons and Jails and How It Can Recover, pp. 141 - 146Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022