The Modern Prison Paradox: Politics, Punishment, and Social Community

by Amy E. Lerman

Book Overview

In The Modern Prison Paradox, Amy E. Lerman examines the shift from rehabilitation to punitivism that has taken place in the politics and practice of American corrections. She argues that this punitive turn has had profoundly negative consequences for both crime control and American community life. Professor Lerman's research shows that spending time in America's increasingly violent and castigatory prisons strengthens inmates' criminal networks and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110761385X
• ISBN13: 9781107613850
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.8"