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Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration

Michael Jacobson

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Description:Over two million people are incarcerated in America's prisons and jails, eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing, parole agencies intent on sending people back to prison, three-strike laws, for-profit prisons, and other changes in the legal system have contributed to this spectacular rise of the general prison population.After overseeing the largest city jail system in the country, Michael Jacobson knows first-hand the inner workings of the corrections system. In Downsizing Prisons, he convincingly argues that mass incarceration will not, as many have claimed, reduce crime nor create more public safety. Simply put, throwing away the key is not the answer.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration. To get started finding Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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ISBN: 0814742912

Description: Over two million people are incarcerated in America's prisons and jails, eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing, parole agencies intent on sending people back to prison, three-strike laws, for-profit prisons, and other changes in the legal system have contributed to this spectacular rise of the general prison population.After overseeing the largest city jail system in the country, Michael Jacobson knows first-hand the inner workings of the corrections system. In Downsizing Prisons, he convincingly argues that mass incarceration will not, as many have claimed, reduce crime nor create more public safety. Simply put, throwing away the key is not the answer.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration. To get started finding Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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