Ebook: Golden gulag : prisons, surplus, crisis, and opposition in globalizing California
Author: Gilmore Ruth Wilson
- Tags: Prisons -- California, Prisons -- Economic aspects -- California, Imprisonment -- California, Criminal justice Administration of -- California, Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- California, Minorities -- California, California -- Economic conditions, Criminal justice Administration of, Discrimination in criminal justice administration, Economic history, Imprisonment, Minorities, Prisons, Prisons -- Economic aspects, California, Rassendiskriminierung, Sozioökonomischer Wandel, Strafjustiz, S
- Series: American crossroads 21.
- Year: 2007
- Publisher: University of California Press
- City: California, Kalifornien., California.
- Language: English
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Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called "the biggest prison building project in the history of the world." Golden Gulag provides the first detailed explanation for that buildup by looking at how political and economic forces, ranging Read more...