The Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Exploring Causes and Consequences

by Committee on Law and Justice, National Research Council, Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration, et al.

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After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of imprisonment in the United States more than quadrupled during the last four decades. The U.S. penal population of 2.2 million adults is by far the largest in the world. Just under one-quarter of the world's prisoners are held in American prisons. The U.S. rate of incarceration, with nearly 1 out of every 100 adults in prison or jail, is 5 to 10 times higher than the rates in...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0309298016

ISBN13:9780309298018

Release Date:May 2014

Publisher:National Academies Press

Length:464 Pages

Weight:1.70 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Law Social Science Social Sciences

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