This book analyzes the sources and results of the fourfold increase in the U.S. correctional population since 1970. It considers the following themes: the value

This book analyzes the sources and results of the fourfold increase in the U.S. correctional population since 1970. It considers the following themes: the value

Assessing the Harms of Crime provides a firm analytical foundation for making normative decisions about criminal and related policy, taking harm—and its reduc

The Routledge Handbook on American Prisons is an authoritative volume that provides an overview of the state of U.S. prisons and synthesizes the research on the

For the first time in four decades, prison populations are declining and politicians have reached the consensus that mass imprisonment is no longer sustainable.