States of Confinement: Policing, Detention, and Prisons

by Joy James

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The United States has the highest incarceration and execution rate in the industrialized world; 70 percent of the nearly two million incarcerated in prisons and immigration detention centers are people of color. States of Confinement uncovers the political, social, and economic biases in policing and punishment. The distinguished contributors- Angela Y. Davis, Manning Marable, Gary Marx, Robert Meeropol, Julie Su, and Judi Bari-discuss abuses of police...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0312294506

ISBN13:9780312294502

Release Date:April 2002

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:350 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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