Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis by Parenti, Christian

Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781844672493)

Vendor: Christian Parenti
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Format: Paperback
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Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis by Parenti, Christian

Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis

$34.95
Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis by Parenti, Christian

Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis

$34.95
Format: Paperback
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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, Lockdown America willpropel readers toward a deeper understanding of the links between crimeand politics in a period of gathering economic crisis.

Author: Christian Parenti
ISBN-10: 1844672492
ISBN-13: 9781844672493
Publisher: Verso
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2008
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.08w x 0.91d
By Christian Parenti
By Christian Parenti
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Christian Parenti is the author of The Soft Cage and The Freedom, and is currently writing a book on Afghanistan. He is a visiting fellow at the CUNY Graduate School's Center for Place, Culture and Politics, and his articles appear regularly in The Nation. He lives in New York City.

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