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Cheap on Crime: Recession-Era Politics and the Transformation of American Punishment. By Hadar Aviram. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2015. 272 pp. $29.95 paper.

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Cheap on Crime: Recession-Era Politics and the Transformation of American Punishment. By Hadar Aviram. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2015. 272 pp. $29.95 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Christine S. Scott-Hayward
Christine S. Scott-Hayward*
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School of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Emergency Management, California State University, Long Beach
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Law & Society Review , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , December 2015 , pp. 1034 - 1037
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