| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 202 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Criminal justice |
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Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-199) and index. |
| Contents |
Mass imprisonment -- Justice systems and punishment -- Theories of formal social control -- Prior imprisonment research -- Economic, social, and political trends -- Explaining imprisonment trends -- The future of mass imprisonment. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Ruddell examines the political, cultural, and social factors that contributed to the growth in incarceration in the United States from 1952 to 2000. Controlling for the influences of economic stress, violent crime, unemployment, direct outlays for assistance, the percentage of population that is black, and the percentage of males aged 15 to 29 years, Ruddell studies the influences of political disaffection, civic disengagement, and social disruption on adult imprisonment trends. The findings provide evidence of the relationships between increases in the use of punishment and cultural or political values. The results also support the proposition that the use of punishment is an inherently complex and political process. |
| Subject |
Imprisonment -- United States.
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Punishment -- United States.
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Social control -- United States.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Social aspects -- United States.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00883307
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Imprisonment. (OCoLC)fst00968277
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Punishment. (OCoLC)fst01084107
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Social control. (OCoLC)fst01122415
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ruddell, Rick, 1961- America behind bars. New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004 1593320574 (DLC) 2004015552 (OCoLC)55870931 |
| ISBN |
1593321120 (electronic bk.) |
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9781593321123 (electronic bk.) |
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