The prison and the gallows the politic s of mass incarceration in America - Gottschalk, Marie; American Council of Learned Societies (Cambridge, [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Prisons -- United States; Imprisonment -- Government policy -- United States; Capital punishment -- United States; Prisoners -- United States -- Civil rights; United States -- Politics and government