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Locked In
The True Causes of Mass Incarceration-and How to Achieve Real Reform
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By John Pfaff
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In Locked In, John Pfaff argues that the factors most commonly cited to explain mass incarceration — the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons — tell us much less than we think. Instead, Pfaff urges us to look at other factors, especially a major shift in prosecutor behavior that occurred in the mid-1990s, when prosecutors began bringing felony charges against arrestees about twice as often as they had before.
An authoritative, clear-eyed account of a national catastrophe, Locked In is “a must-read for anyone who dreams of an America that is not the world’s most imprisoned nation” (Chris Hayes, author of A Colony in a Nation). It transforms our understanding of what ails the American system of punishment and ultimately forces us to reconsider how we can build a more equitable and humane society.
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- On Sale
- Feb 7, 2017
- Page Count
- 272 pages
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- ISBN-13
- 9780465096923
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