Our Punitive Society: Race, Class, Gender and Punishment in AmericaThis brand new text identifies the macroeconomic forces relevant to imprisonmentpoverty and political powerlessnessand explores viable and humane alternatives to our current incarceration binge. |
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Contents
Chapter 6 Punishing Women
| 131 |
Chapter 7 Punishing Kids
| 163 |
Chapter 8 Punishment without Walls
| 193 |
Chapter 9 Is There a Better Way?
| 221 |
Index
| 245 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Our Punitive Society: Race, Class, Gender and Punishment in America |
| Author | Randall G. Shelden |
| Publisher | Waveland Press, 2009 |
| ISBN | 1478610182, 9781478610182 |
| Length | 254 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Criminology |
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