Prisons and Punishment in America: Examining the Facts

by Michael O'Hear

Synthesizing recent scholarship in law and the social sciences on criminal sentencing and corrections, this book provides a thorough, balanced, and accessible survey of the major policy issues in these fields of persistent public interest and political debate.

After three decades of explosive growth, the American incarceration rate is impracticably high. Drawing on leading research in law and the social sciences, this book covers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440855420
• ISBN13: 9781440855429
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: ABC-Clio, LLC
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years