Prisoners of Politics - Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration Barkow Rachel ElisePevná vazba
Prisoners of Politics - Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration Barkow Rachel ElisePevná vazba America's criminal justice policy reflects irrational fears stoked by politicians seeking to win…
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Prisoners of Politics - Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration Barkow Rachel ElisePevná vazba
America's criminal justice policy reflects irrational fears stoked by politicians seeking to win election. As awful as that truth is for individuals and their families, its social consequences--recycling offenders through an overwhelmed criminal justice system, ever-mounting costs, unequal treatment before the law, and a growing class of permanently criminalized citizens--are even more devastating. A preeminent legal scholar argues that reform guided by evidence, not politics and emotions, will reduce crime and reverse mass incarceration.The United States has the world's highest rate of incarceration, a form of punishment that ruins lives and makes a return to prison more likely.
With the authority of a prominent legal scholar and the practical insights gained through on-the-ground work on criminal justice reform, Rachel Barkow explains how dangerous it is to base