Punitive Turn: New Approaches to Race and Incarceration

Bys: McDowell, Deborah E., Harold, Claudrena N., Battle, Juan

Book Overview

The Punitive Turn explores the historical, political, economic, and sociocultural roots of mass incarceration, as well as its collateral costs and consequences. Giving significant attention to the exacting toll that incarceration takes on inmates, their families, their communities, and society at large, the volume's contributors investigate the causes of the unbridled expansion of incarceration in the United States. Experts from multiple...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081395147X
• ISBN13: 9780813951478
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"