The American prison system has grown tenfold since the 1970s, but crime rates in the United States have not decreased. This doesn't surprise Michael J. Lynch, a critical criminologist, who argues that our oversized prison system is a product of our consumer culture, the public's inaccurate beliefs about controlling crime, and the government's criminalizing of the poor.
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The American prison system has grown tenfold since the 1970s, but crime rates in the United States have not decreased. This doesn't surprise Michael J. Lynch, a critical criminologist, who argues that our oversized prison system is a product of our consumer culture, the public's inaccurate beliefs about controlling crime, and the government's criminalizing of the poor.
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Very good. Ex-library. xii, 257 p. : ill.; 24 cm. LCCN 2007000027 Type of material Book Personal name Lynch, Michael J. Main title Big prisons, big dreams: crime and the failure of America's penal system / Michael J. Lynch. Published/Created New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2007. Description xii, 257 p. : ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 9780813541853 (hardcover: alk. paper) 9780813541860 (pbk. : alk. paper) LC classification HV9304. L96 2007 LC Subjects Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States. Imprisonment--United States. Criminal justice, Administration of--United States. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251) and index. Series Critical issues in crime and society Dewey class no. 365/.973 Geographic area code n-us---
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