Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment

ISBN 10: 1565848489 / ISBN 13: 9781565848481

Published by The New Press, 2003

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Synopsis:

In a series of newly commissioned essays from the leading scholars and advocates in criminal justice, Invisible Punishment explores, for the first time, the far-reaching consequences of our current criminal justice policies. Adopted as part of "get tough on crime" attitudes that prevailed in the 1980s and '90s, a range of strategies, from "three strikes" and "a war on drugs," to mandatory sentencing and prison privatization, have resulted in the mass incarceration of American citizens, and have had enormous effects not just on wrong-doers, but on their families and the communities they come from. This book looks at the consequences of these policies twenty years later.

About the Author:

Marc Mauer is the assistant director of The Sentencing Project, a national organization based in Washington, D.C., that promotes criminal justice reform. He is the author of Race to Incarcerate.
Meda Chesney-Lind is a former vice president of the American Society of Criminology, a professor of women's studies at the University of Hawaii, and the author of the award winning Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Invisible Punishment: The Collateral ...
Publisher: The New Press
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good