It's About Time: America's Imprisonment Binge - Softcover

Austin, James; Irwin, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534514987 ISBN 13: 9780534514983

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2000

Synopsis

IT'S ABOUT TIME provides a compelling argument, based on extensive research, illustrating how the U.S. attempts to lower crime by using our correctional system as the primary solution. The book includes personal accounts from prisoners to illustrate the brutal aspects of prison life and the intent of the U.S. to create a "prison industrial complex." This book often exposes students for the first time to varying points of view of the corrections system. The authors, one of whom served 10 years in prison and is now a noted criminologist in the field, present the material in a powerful but compassionate manner. The book's strong research base and accessible style make it a popular choice for a wide variety of courses.

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Review:

1. Our Imprisonment Binge. 2. Who Goes to Prison. 3. The Imprisonment of Children and Women. 4. The Private Prison Binge. 5. Doing Time. 6. Super Max. 7. Release. 8. The Correctional Treatment Industrial Complex. 9. The Three Strikes and You're Out Movement. 10. It's About Time. Index.

Synopsis:

This book is a brief critical examination of American society's tendency to use prisons as the sole way of dealing with crime and criminals. The book also looks at the devastating impact both have on individuals within the prison system.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0534514987
• ISBN 13: 9780534514983
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 280