Do prisons make us safer? : the benefits and costs of the prison boom Cover Image

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Do prisons make us safer? : the benefits and costs of the prison boom / Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll, editors.

Raphael, Steven, 1968- (Added Author). Stoll, Michael A. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0871548607 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780871548603 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: x, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Why are so many Americans in prison? / Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll -- The origins of mass incarceration in New York State : the Rockefeller drug laws and the local war on drugs / David F. Weiman and Christopher Weiss -- The impact of prison on crime / Shawn D. Bushway and Raymond Paternoster -- The people prisons make : the effects of incarceration on criminal psychology / Amy E. Lerman -- Ever-increasing levels of parental incarceration and the consequences for children / Rucker C. Johnson -- Footing the bill : causes and budgetary consequences of state spending on corrections / John W. Ellwood and Joshua Guetzkow -- Collateral costs : effects of incarceration on employment and earnings among young workers / Harry J. Holzer -- Assessing the relative benefits of incarceration : overall changes and the benefits on the margin / John J. Donohue III.