Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780814742747)

A convincing argument that mass incarceration neither reduces crime nor ensures safety

Over two million people are incarcerated in America's prisons and jails, eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing, parole agencies intent on sending people back to prison, three-strike laws, for-profit prisons, and other changes in the legal system have contributed to this spectacular rise of the general prison population.

After overseeing the largest city jail system in the country, Michael Jacobson knows first-hand the inner workings of the corrections system. In Downsizing Prisons, he convincingly argues that mass incarceration will not, as many have claimed, reduce crime nor create more public safety. Simply put, throwing away the key is not the answer.

Author: Michael Jacobson
ISBN-10: 0814742742
ISBN-13: 9780814742747
Publisher: New York University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2005
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.28w x 1.01d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2005 pg. 101