After the War on Crime: Race, Democracy, and a New Reconstruction

by Ian F. Haney-Lopez, Jonathan Simon, Ian F. Haney-López

Book Overview

Since the 1970s, Americans have witnessed a pyrrhic war on crime, with sobering numbers at once chilling and cautionary. Our imprisoned population has increased five-fold, with a commensurate spike in fiscal costs that many now see as unsupportable into the future. As American society confronts a multitude of new challenges ranging from terrorism to the disappearance of middle-class jobs to global warming, the war on crime may be up for reconsideration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814727611
• ISBN13: 9780814727614
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"