Harm in American Penology: Offenders, Victims, and Their Communities (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780791421741)

This book analyzes the sources and results of the fourfold increase in the U.S. correctional population since 1970. It considers the following themes: the value of punitiveness, defined as penal harm; research on crime and criminals; concerns about victims of crime; and concerns about community safety. It also analyzes the relationship between social problems and penal harm, such as poverty and crime during the twenty-year period of correctional expansion.

The author argues that a careful review of proposals for expanded penal harm cannot be justified. The growth in corrections was not caused by crime nor has it reduced crime. Clear describes a new strategy for corrections based on his examination of the politics of social control and the growth in penal harm.

Author: Todd R. Clear
ISBN-10: 0791421740
ISBN-13: 9780791421741
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 11/22/1994
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.95h x 5.89w x 0.60d