TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barker,Vanessa
TI  - The politics of imprisonment: how the democratic process shapes the way America punishes offenders 
T2  - Studies in crime and public policy
SN  - 9780199871315 (ebook) :
AV  - HV9950 .B357 2009
U1  - 365.973 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - United States
KW  - States
KW  - Criminals
KW  - Imprisonment
KW  - Equality
KW  - Discrimination in criminal justice administration
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 'The Politics of Imprisonment' examines how the democratic process and social trust shape penal sanctioning in the United States. Drawing on a range of archival sources, Barker shows that higher levels of civic engagement tend to support milder punishments whereas lower levels tend to support more coercive criminal justice policies
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195370027.001.0001
ER  -