crime, punishment, and imprisonment across the United States /
Natasha A. Frost.
New York :
LFB Scholarly Pub.,
2006.
1 online resource (xi, 267 pages) :
illustrations.
Criminal justice recent scholarship
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-263) and index.
The punitive turn -- Understanding the punitive turn -- Trends in imprisonment -- Exploring variations in imprisonment -- Explaining variations in imprisonment -- The problem with punitiveness -- Measuring punitiveness -- Punitiveness across measures -- Punitiveness across offense types -- Punitiveness over time, 1990-2000 -- Understanding variations in punitiveness.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Punitive state.
9781593321765
Criminal justice, Administration of-- United States.