Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis
by Christian Parenti
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Why is criminal justice so central to American politics? Lockdown America notonly documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing,prisons, a fortified border, and the federalization of the war oncrime, it also explains the political and economic history behind themassive crackdown. This updated edition includes an afterword on the War on Terror, a meditation on surveillance and the specter of terrorism as they help reanimate the criminal justice attack. Written in vivid prose, show more Lockdown America willpropel readers toward a deeper understanding of the links between crimeand politics in a period of gathering economic crisis. show lessTags
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Why is criminal justice so central to American politics? Lockdown America not only documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing, prisons, a fortified border, and the federalization of the war on crime, it also explains the political and economic history behind the massive crackdown. This updated edition includes an afterword on the War on Terror, a meditation on surveillance and the specter of terrorism as they help reanimate the criminal justice attack. Written in vivid prose, Lockdown America will propel readers toward a deeper understanding of the links between crime and politics in a period of gathering economic crisis.
Why is criminal justice so central to American politics? Lockdown America not only documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing, prisons, a fortified border, and the federalization of the war on crime, it also explains the political and economic history behind the massive crackdown. This updated edition includes an afterword on the War on Terror, a meditation on surveillance and the specter of terrorism as they help reanimate the criminal justice attack. Written in vivid prose, Lockdown America will propel readers toward a deeper understanding of the links between crime and politics in a period of gathering economic crisis.
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Christian Parenti is a professor at the School for International Training Graduate Institute and a contributing editor at The Nation. He has a PhD in sociology from the London School of Economics. His books include Lockdown America, The Soft Cage, and The Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq.
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- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 365.973 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Punishment History, geographic treatment, biography North America United States
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- HV9471 .P33 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminal justice administration Penology. Prisons. Corrections By region or country
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