Race to Incarcerate
April 2006
Trade Paperback · 240 Pages
$17.95 U.S.
ISBN 9781595580221
The New Press
Trade Paperback · 240 Pages
$17.95 U.S.
ISBN 9781595580221
The New Press
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Acknowledgments vii
Preface ix
Preface to the Second Edition xi
1 / Introduction: The Race to Incarcerate 1
2 / The Incarceration “Experiment” 16
3 / The Rise of the “Tough on Crime”
Movement 40
4 / Crime as Politics 55
5 / The Prison-crime Connection 92
6 / The Limits of the Criminal Justice System on
Crime Control 113
7 / African Americans and the Criminal Justice System 130
8 / The War on Drugs and the African American
Community 157 9 / What' s Class Got to Do with It? 177
10 / “Give the Public What It Wants”:
Media Images and Crime Policy 187
11 / Consequences: Intended and Unintended 195
12 / A New Direction for a New Century 208
Notes 217
Index 231
Preface ix
Preface to the Second Edition xi
1 / Introduction: The Race to Incarcerate 1
2 / The Incarceration “Experiment” 16
3 / The Rise of the “Tough on Crime”
Movement 40
4 / Crime as Politics 55
5 / The Prison-crime Connection 92
6 / The Limits of the Criminal Justice System on
Crime Control 113
7 / African Americans and the Criminal Justice System 130
8 / The War on Drugs and the African American
Community 157 9 / What' s Class Got to Do with It? 177
10 / “Give the Public What It Wants”:
Media Images and Crime Policy 187
11 / Consequences: Intended and Unintended 195
12 / A New Direction for a New Century 208
Notes 217
Index 231