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Index
Title Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
PREFACE
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
1 - Introduction: The Race to Incarcerate
2 - The Incarceration “Experiment”
CROSS-NATIONAL CRIME RATE/ VICTIMIZATION RATE COMPARISONS
CRIME RATES AND THE RISE IN INCARCERATION IN THE UNITED STATES
NONVIOLENT OFFENSES AND THE CONTINUING RISE IN IMPRISONMENT
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
3 - The Rise of the “Tough on Crime” Movement
THE “TOUGH ON CRIME” MOVEMENT TRIUMPHS
4 - Crime as Politics
THE REAGAN/BUSH YEARS
THE CLINTON YEARS
THE GEORGE W. BUSH YEARS
5 - The Prison-crime Connection
6 - The Limits of the Criminal Justice System on Crime Control
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM “FUNNEL” MISSES MOST CRIMES
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DEMOGRAPHICS
THE “ REPLACEMENT ” EFFECT
LOST OPPORTUNITIES
7 - African Americans and the Criminal Justice System
A GENERATION BEHIND BARS
RACIAL DISPARITY AND IMPRISONMENT
8 - The War on Drugs and the African American Community
DRUG USE AND DRUG ARRESTS
DRUG SALES AND ARRESTS
SENTENCING FOR DRUG OFFENSES
OPTIONS IN DRUG POLICY
9 - What’s Class Got to Do with It?
10 - “Give the Public What It Wants”: Media Images and Crime Policy
11 - Consequences: Intended and Unintended
DISPLACEMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESOURCES
THE HIDDEN IMPACT OF INCARCERATION
12 - A New Direction for a New Century
NOTES
INDEX
Copyright Page
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