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Race to incarcerate : a graphic retelling
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Title
Race to incarcerate : a graphic retelling / Sabrina Jones and Marc Mauer.
ISBN
9781595585417 (pbk.)
1595585419 (pbk.)
9781595588937 (e-book)
Published
New York : The New Press, 2013.
Physical Description
xii, 111 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm.
Notes
"Based on Race to Incarcerate by Marc Mauer" -- Page [iv].
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 10, 2013
Contents
Introduction: U.S. prisons from inception to export
The rise of the "tough on crime" movement
The triumph of "tough on crime"
The rock gets rolling
Crime as politics: the Reagan-Bush years
Kemba Smith: a case of extreme sentencing
Crime as politics: the Clinton years
Crime as politics: the George W. Bush years
The prison-crime connection
Color-coded justice
The war on drugs and African Americans
A new direction.
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