Race to Incarcerate: The Sentencing Project

Mauer, Marc

ISBN 10: 1565844297 / ISBN 13: 9781565844292

Editore: The New Press, 1999

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Riassunto:

Looks at the criminal justice system in the United States over the last two decades

Informazioni sull'autore:

Marc Mauer is the executive director of The Sentencing Project, a national organization based in Washington, D.C., that promotes criminal justice reform. Mauer is one of the country&;s leading experts on sentencing policy, race, and the criminal justice system. He has directed programs on criminal justice policy reform for thirty years and is the author of some of the most widely cited reports and publications in the field. Race to Incarcerate (The New Press), Mauer&;s groundbreaking book on how sentencing policies led to the explosive expansion of the U.S. prison population, was a semifinalist for the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award in 1999; a graphic adaptation by Sabrina Jones was published by The New Press in 2013. Mauer is a co-editor, with Meda Chesney-Lind, of Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment (The New Press). He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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Titolo: Race to Incarcerate: The Sentencing Project
Casa editrice: The New Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1999
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Very Good