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1008632
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b763002
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Barker, Vanessa.
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| Title & Author
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The politics of imprisonment : : how the democratic process shapes the way America punishes offenders /\ Vanessa Barker.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Oxford University Press,, 2009.
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| Series Statement
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Studies in crime and public policy
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1 online resource (ix, 252 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0195370023
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: 0199708460
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: 0199871310
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: 0199888078
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: 1282270648
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: 6612270640
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: 9780195370027
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: 9780199708468
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: 9780199871315
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: 9780199888078
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: 9781282270640
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: 9786612270642
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Imprisonment and the democratic process -- Explaining penal regime variation : political structures and collective agency -- The case of California : neopopulism and retribution -- Washington State deliberates : from fortress prison to de-escalation -- New York : elite pragmatism and managerialism -- Democratic governance, social trust, and penal order.
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| Abstract
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The attention devoted to the unprecedented levels of imprisonment in the United States obscure an obvious but understudied aspect of criminal justice: there is no consistent punishment policy across the U.S. It is up to individual states to administer their criminal justice systems, and the differences among them are vast. For example, while some states enforce mandatory minimum sentencing, some even implementing harsh and degrading practices, others rely on community sanctions. What accounts for these differences? The Politics of Imprisonment seeks to document and explain variation in America.
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Criminal justice, Administration of-- United States-- States.
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Criminals-- United States-- States.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration-- United States-- States.
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Equality-- United States.
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Imprisonment-- United States-- States.
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Criminal justice, Administration of-- U.S. states.
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Criminals-- U.S. states.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration-- U.S. states.
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Equality.
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Imprisonment-- U.S. states.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Penology.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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365/.973
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| LC Classification
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HV9950.B357 2009eb
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