Cheap on Crime
Recession-Era Politics and the Transformation of American Punishment
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of California Press
Published:20th Feb '15
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After forty years of increasing prison construction and incarceration rates, winds of change are blowing through the American correctional system. The 2008 financial crisis demonstrated the unsustainability of the incarceration project, thereby empowering policy makers to reform punishment through fiscal prudence and austerity. In Cheap on Crime, Hadar Aviram draws on years of archival and journalistic research and builds on social history and economics literature to show the powerful impact of recession-era discourse on the death penalty, the war on drugs, incarceration practices, prison health care, and other aspects of the American correctional landscape.
"[This book] has the potential to become a classic in the study of how social context-in particular, times of financial crisis-influences incarceration policies... Highly recommended." CHOICE "Cheap on Crime makes a valuable contribution to the literature on mass incarceration and is a must-read for those seeking explanations for the significant changes that have occurred in American corrections over the last 5 years." -- Christine S. Scott-Hayward Law & Society Review "Thought-provoking and notable work... Cheap on Crime documents how market values have come to dominate the discourse on American corrections since the Great Recession. A welcome edition to the literature at the intersection of economics and criminology." -- Larry Karson Social Science Journal "A well-researched book with a coherent narrative and a strong, theoretically and empirically grounded argument ... Essential reading." -- Ashley Rubin Punishment & Society "Cheap on Crime raises crucial political questions for all of us to debate, and it is as timely as a book can be." Social Justice
ISBN: 9780520277311
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
Weight: 363g
272 pages