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BL
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631156
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Gottschalk, Marie
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| Title & Author
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The prison and the gallows : the politics of mass incarceration in America /\ Marie Gottschalk
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, c2006
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge studies in criminology
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xiii, 451 p.) :: ill
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| ISBN
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9780521864275
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0521864275
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9780521682916
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0521682916
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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The prison and the gallows : the construction of the carceral state in America -- Law, order, and alternative explanations -- Unlocking the past : the nationalization and politicization of law and order -- The carceral state and the welfare state : the comparative politics of victims -- Not the usual suspects : feminists, women's groups, and the anti-rape movement -- The battered women's movement and the development of penal policy -- From rights to revolution : prison activism and penal policy -- Capital punishment, the courts, and the early origins of the carceral state, 1920s-1960s -- The power to punish : the political development of capital punishment, 1972 to today -- Whither the carceral state
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Prisons-- United States
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Imprisonment-- Government policy-- United States
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Capital punishment-- United States
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Prisoners-- Civil rights-- United States
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United States, Politics and government
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| LC Classification
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HV9471.G67 2006eb
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