When "Crime and Punishment in America" was first published in 1998, the national incarceration rate had doubled in just over a decade, and California's prison system ranked among the largest in the world. Today, our prison problem has only worsened, and the United States is still the world's most violent industrialized society. In this groundbreaking work on the American penal system, renowned criminologist Elliott Currie offers a vivid critique of America's incarceration binge, turning his penetrating eye toward recent developments in criminal justice. Cogent, compelling, and drawing on years of original research, this newly revised edition of "Crime and Punishment in America" will continue to frame the way we think about imprisonment for years to come.
- ISBN10 0805048359
- ISBN13 9780805048353
- Publish Date 15 February 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Henry Holt & Company Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 230
- Language English