Race, Incarceration, and American Values

(Part of the Boston Review Books Series)

by Glenn C. Loury

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Why stigmatizing and confining a large segment of our population should be unacceptable to all Americans.

The United States, home to five percent of the world's population, now houses twenty-five percent of the world's prison inmates. Our incarceration rate--at 714 per 100,000 residents and rising--is almost forty percent greater than our nearest competitors (the Bahamas, Belarus, and Russia). More pointedly, it is 6.2 times the Canadian...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0262123118

ISBN13:9780262123112

Release Date:January 2008

Publisher:Mit Press

Length:86 Pages

Weight:0.36 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 4.7" x 7.2"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Commentary & Opinion Discrimination & Racism Minority Studies Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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