Mass Incarceration

From Social Policy to Social Problem

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20004317
AutoresJonathan Simon (0000-0002-3622-3842, autor correspondente)
Ano2012
Data de publicação2012-04-06
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoThe Oxford handbook of sentencing and corrections (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199730148.013.0001
OpenAlexW1573828975
ISBN9780199730148
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas44

This article studies the concept of “mass incarceration,” the most relevant feature of criminal justice policy during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It first acknowledges the argument that the temporal and spatial borders of mass incarceration are still not understood properly, and then examines the expansion of U.S. prisons and jails that occurred from 1972 to 2010. From here the discussion turns to the institutions that are responsible for mass incarceration, such as prosecutors and legislations

Criminal justice · Criminology · Mass incarceration · Political science · Social policy · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Psychology