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008			131212s2007 xxu eng d
020			_a0415382688 (paperback) _c$58.95
020			_a9780415382687 (paperback)
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050	0	4	_aHV9950
082	0	4	_a364.973 _bCRI
245	0	0	_aCrime, inequality and the state / _cMary Vogel.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_a[S.l.] : _bRoutledge, _c2007.
300			_a656 p. ; _c25 cm.
520			_aWhy 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.
650		0	_aCrime--Social aspects
650		0	_aCrime--Sociological aspects
650		0	_aCriminology
650		0	_aDiscrimination in criminal justice administration
650		0	_aGreat Britain
650		0	_aImprisonment
650		0	_aMarginality, Social
650		0	_aUnited States
700	1		_aVogel, Mary.
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415382688/chopaconline-20
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