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656 p. ; 25 cm. Why has crime dropped while imprisonment grows? This well-edited volume of ground-breaking articles explores criminal justice policy in light of recent research on changing patterns of crime and criminal careers. Highlighting the role of conservative social and political theory in giving rise to criminal justice policies, this innovative book focuses on such policies as ‘three strikes (two in the UK) and you’re out’, mandatory sentencing and widespread incarceration of drug offenders. It highlights the costs - in both money and opportunity - of increased prison expansion and explores factors such as: labour market dynamics the rise of a ‘prison industry’ the boost prisons provide to economies of underdeveloped regions the spreading political disenfranchisement of the disadvantaged it has produced. Throughout this book, hard facts and figures are accompanied by the faces and voices of the individuals and families whose lives hang in the balance. This volume, an essential resource for students, policy makers and researchers of criminology, criminal justice, social policy and criminal law, uses a compelling inter-play of theoretical works and powerful empirical research to present vivid portraits of individual life experiences. Mary Vogel. Crime--Social aspects Crime--Sociological aspects Criminology Discrimination in criminal justice administration Great Britain Imprisonment Marginality, Social United States HV9950 364.973 CRI 0415382688 (paperback) 9780415382687 (paperback) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415382688/chopaconline-20 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415382688/chopaconline-20 0 131212 20170105102927.0 ASIN0415382688