From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime The Making of Mass Incarceration in America

Co-Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial PrizeA New York Times Notable Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Wall Street Journal Favorite Book of the YearA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearA Publishers Weekly Favorite Book of the YearIn the United States today, one in every thirty-one adults is under some form of penal control, including one in eleven African American men. How did the "land of the free" become the home of the world's largest prison system? Challenging the belief that America's prison problem originated with the Reagan administration's War on Drugs, Elizabeth Hinton traces the rise of mass incarceration to an ironic source: the social welfare programs of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society at the height of the civil rights era."An extraordinary and important new book."-Jill Lepore, New Yorker"Hinton's book is more than an argument; it is a revelation…There are moments that will make your skin crawl…This is history, but the implications for today are striking. Readers will learn how the militarization of the police that we've witnessed in Ferguson and elsewhere had roots in the 1960s."-Imani Perry, New York Times Book Review

ISBN:	9780674979826
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Published date:	28 Sep 2017
Language:	English
Number of pages:	464
Weight:	744g
Height:	148mm
Width:	228mm
Spine width:	30mm

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