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Harm in American Penology

Harm in American Penology PDF Author: Todd R. Clear
Publisher: Suny Press
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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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 of punitiveness, defined as penal harm; – research on crime and criminals; – concerns about victims of crime, and; – concerns about community safety. It also analyzes the relationship between social problems, such as poverty and crime, and penal policy during the twenty-year period of penal expansion. The book concludes that the growth in corrections was not caused by crime, nor has it reduced crime, and that proposals for expanding incarceration cannot be justified.