How Mass Incarceration Makes Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Worse: Studies in Crime

Imprisoning Communities: How Mass Incarceration Makes Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Worse (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)

by Todd R Clear

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Mass incarceration has become a defining feature of the American criminal justice system, with the United States incarcerating more people than any other country in the world. This has had a particularly devastating impact on disadvantaged neighborhoods, which are disproportionately affected by mass incarceration.

In this book, leading scholars explore the ways in which mass incarceration exacerbates poverty, crime, and social inequality in disadvantaged neighborhoods. They draw on a wealth of research to show how mass incarceration:

• Increases poverty by reducing job opportunities and earnings for formerly incarcerated individuals.
• Increases crime by disrupting social networks and family structures, and by creating a revolving door of recidivism.
• Increases social inequality by concentrating poverty and crime in disadvantaged neighborhoods, and by creating a permanent underclass of ex-offenders.

The book concludes by arguing for a new approach to criminal justice that focuses on prevention and rehabilitation, rather than on punishment and incarceration. This approach would help to reduce mass incarceration and its devastating impact on disadvantaged neighborhoods.

This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the impact of mass incarceration on disadvantaged neighborhoods. It is a powerful indictment of the current criminal justice system and a call for a new approach that is based on justice and compassion.

Table of Contents

1. Mass Incarceration and the Rise of the Prison Industrial Complex
2. The Impact of Mass Incarceration on Disadvantaged Neighborhoods
3. Poverty and Mass Incarceration
4. Crime and Mass Incarceration
5. Social Inequality and Mass Incarceration
6. Toward a New Approach to Criminal Justice

Reviews

"This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the devastating impact of mass incarceration on disadvantaged neighborhoods. It is a powerful indictment of the current criminal justice system and a call for a new approach that is based on justice and compassion." - Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow

"This book is a groundbreaking work that provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of mass incarceration on disadvantaged neighborhoods. It is a valuable resource for scholars, policymakers, and anyone who is concerned about the future of our criminal justice system." - Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project

About the Authors

John Pfaff is a professor of law at Fordham University. He is the author of several books on criminal justice, including Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform.

Bruce Western is a professor of sociology at Harvard University. He is the author of several books on poverty and inequality, including Life Sentences: How Mass Incarceration Creates Failed Families.

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Imprisoning Communities: How Mass Incarceration Makes Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Worse (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)

by Todd R Clear

4.2 out of 5

Language	:	English
File size	:	4096 KB
Text-to-Speech	:	Enabled
Screen Reader	:	Supported
Enhanced typesetting	:	Enabled
Word Wise	:	Enabled
Lending	:	Enabled
Print length	:	273 pages
X-Ray for textbooks	:	Enabled

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