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Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis
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Title: Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis
Author: Christian Parenti
ISBN: 9781844672493
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 2008
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: New Edition
Number of Pages: 320
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: 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: 9781844672493
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 2008
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: New Edition
Number of Pages: 320
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: 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.
