From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America

by Elizabeth Hinton

Book Overview

Co-Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
A Wall Street Journal Favorite Book of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Favorite Book of the Year

In the United States today, one in every thirty-one adults is under some form of penal control, including one in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674979826
• ISBN13: 9780674979826
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"