A former prosecutor turned law professor explains the rise of mass incarceration and the path to reform. Mass Incarceration Nation offers an in-the-trenches perspective of how thousands of local police, prosecutors, and judges produced the world's highest incarceration rates while solving a shockingly low percentage of crimes.
A former prosecutor turned law professor explains the rise of mass incarceration and the path to reform. Mass Incarceration Nation offers an in-the-trenches perspective of how thousands of local police, prosecutors, and judges produced the world's highest incarceration rates while solving a shockingly low percentage of crimes.
Jeffrey Bellin is the Mills E. Godwin, Jr., Professor at William and Mary Law School. Prior to becoming a law professor, Bellin served as a prosecutor in Washington, DC.
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Introduction Part I. What is Mass Incarceration?: 1. Definition 2. The deprivation of incarceration 3. Where is mass incarceration? 4. Distinguishing the criminal justice and criminal legal systems Part II. The Building Blocks of Mass Incarceration: 5. A crime surge 6. Repeating patterns: crime, outrage, and harsher laws 7. Legislating more punishment and less rehabilitation 8. The futility of fighting crime with criminal law 9. The role of race Part III. The Mechanics of Mass Incarceration: 10. More police, different arrests 11. Prosecutors turning arrests into convictions 12. Judges turning convictions into incarceration 13. Judicial interpretation 14. Punishing repeat offenses 15. The parole and probation to prison pipeline 16. Disappearing pardons 17. The mindlessness of jail Part IV. The Road to Recovery: 18. What success looks like 19. (Mostly) abolish the feds 20. Less crime part 1: changing the rules 21. Less crime part 2: decreased offending 22. Reducing admissions and shortening stays Conclusion Index.
Introduction Part I. What is Mass Incarceration?: 1. Definition 2. The deprivation of incarceration 3. Where is mass incarceration? 4. Distinguishing the criminal justice and criminal legal systems Part II. The Building Blocks of Mass Incarceration: 5. A crime surge 6. Repeating patterns: crime, outrage, and harsher laws 7. Legislating more punishment and less rehabilitation 8. The futility of fighting crime with criminal law 9. The role of race Part III. The Mechanics of Mass Incarceration: 10. More police, different arrests 11. Prosecutors turning arrests into convictions 12. Judges turning convictions into incarceration 13. Judicial interpretation 14. Punishing repeat offenses 15. The parole and probation to prison pipeline 16. Disappearing pardons 17. The mindlessness of jail Part IV. The Road to Recovery: 18. What success looks like 19. (Mostly) abolish the feds 20. Less crime part 1: changing the rules 21. Less crime part 2: decreased offending 22. Reducing admissions and shortening stays Conclusion Index.
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