Leaving mass incarceration: The ways and means of penal change

For nearly 30 years, a vast body of literature has examined the get-tough era, or what some have referred to as mass incarceration or a punitive policy experiment. Various trends have been documented, effectiveness has been analyzed and disputed, explanations have been proposed and debated, and soci...

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Veröffentlicht in:Criminology & public policy 2011-08, Vol.10 (3), p.707-714
1. Verfasser: Lucken, Karol
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:For nearly 30 years, a vast body of literature has examined the get-tough era, or what some have referred to as mass incarceration or a punitive policy experiment. Various trends have been documented, effectiveness has been analyzed and disputed, explanations have been proposed and debated, and social implications have been identified and interpreted.
ISSN:1538-6473
1745-9133
DOI:10.1111/j.1745-9133.2011.00744.x