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Author Clear, Todd R., author.

Title Imprisoning communities : how mass incarceration makes disadvantaged neighborhoods worse / Todd R. Clear
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2007]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 255 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Studies in crime and public policy
Studies in crime and public policy.
Contents The Problem of Concentrated Incarceration -- Incarceration and Crime -- The Problem of Mass Incarceration Concentrated in Poor Places -- Communities, Coercive Mobility, and Public Safety -- Death by a Thousand Little Cuts: Studies of the Impact of Incarceration -- In Their Own Voices: People in High-Incarceration Communities Talk about the Impact of Incarceration -- The Impact of Incarceration on Community Safety -- Dealing with Concentrated Incarceration: The Case for Community Justice -- Appendix: Imagining a Strategy of Community Justice
Summary A detailed and empirical exploration of the effects of mass incarceration in poor areas, 'Imprisoning Communities' demonstrates that, in high doses, incarceration contributes to the very social problems it is intended to solve
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-247) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Mass incarceration -- Social aspects -- United States
Imprisonment -- Social aspects -- United States
Social problems -- United States
Urban poor -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
Imprisonment -- Social aspects
Social problems
Urban poor
United States
Form Electronic book
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