Downsizing Prisons How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration |
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| Author:
| Jacobson, Michael |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8147-4274-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
| Publisher: | New York University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $171.00 |
Book Description:
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After overseeing the largest city jail system in the US, Michael Jacobson knows first-hand the inner workings of the corrections system. Here, he argues that mass incarceration will not, as many have claimed, reduce crime nor create more public safety.
After overseeing the largest city jail system in the US, Michael Jacobson knows first-hand the inner workings of the corrections system. Here, he argues that mass incarceration will not, as many have claimed, reduce crime nor create more public safety.