From Rehabilitation to Punishment: American Corrections after 1945

The incarceration rate in the United States has increased dramatically in the period since 1945. How did the United States move from having stable incarceration rates in line with global norms to the largest system of incarceration in the world? This study examines the political and intellectual asp...

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Main Author: Lux, Erin
Other Authors: Murray, Heather
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23504
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-6197