The prison and the gallows the politic s of mass incarceration in America / [electronic resource] :
Marie Gottschalk.
- Cambridge, [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- xiii, 451 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge studies in criminology .
- Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press) ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The prison and the gallows : the construction of the carceral state in America -- Law, order, and alternative explanations -- Unlocking the past : the nationalization and politicization of law and order -- The carceral state and the welfare state : the comparative politics of vict ims -- Not the usual suspects : feminists, women's groups, and the anti -rape movement -- The battered women's movement and the development of penal policy -- From rights to revolution : prison activism and penal p olicy -- Capital punishment, the courts, and the early origins of the c arceral state, 1920s-1960s -- The power to punish : the political devel opment of capital punishment, 1972 to today -- Whither the carceral sta te.
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Prisons-- United States. Imprisonment-- Government policy-- United States. Capital punishment-- United States. Prisoners-- Civil rights.-- United States