Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire - Couverture souple

Perkinson, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0312680473 ISBN 13 : 9780312680473

Editeur : Picador USA, 2010

Synopsis

In the prison business, all roads lead to Texas. A pioneer in criminal justice severity--from assembly-line executions to supermax isolation, from mandatory sentencing to prison privatization--Texas is the most locked-down state in the most incarcerated country in the world. Texas Tough, a sweeping history of American imprisonment from the days of slavery to the present, explains how a plantation-based penal system once dismissed as barbaric became a template for the nation.

Drawing on the individual stories as well as authoritative research, Texas Tough reveals the true origins of America's prison juggernaut and points toward a more just and humane future.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Robert Perkinson is a professor of American studies at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He is the author of the book Texas Tough. He lives in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador USA
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312680473
• ISBN 13: 9780312680473
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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