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Sep. 7, 2013
The rise and failure of mass incarceration in America
In "The Punishment Imperative," authors Todd Clear and Natasha Frost argue that the move to mass incarceration was more than just a response to crime or a collection of policies adopted in isolation; it was a grand social experiment.
Over the past 35 years, the U.S. penal system has grown at a rate unprecedented in U.S. history - five times larger than in the past and grossly out of scale with the rest of the world. "The Punishment Imperative" argues that America's move to mass incarceration was more than just a response to crime or a collection of policies adopted in isolation; it was a grand social experiment. The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6, "Assessing the Puni...
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