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Corrections: A Critical Approach, 3^rd edition confronts mass imprisonment in the United States, a nation boasting the highest incarceration rate in the world. This statistic is all the more troubling considering that its correctional population is overrepresented by the poor, African-Americans, and Latinos.

Not only throwing crucial light on matters involving race and social class, this book also identifies and examines the key social forces shaping penal practice in the US - politics, economics, morality, and technology. By attending closely to historical and theoretical development, the narrative takes into account both instrumental (goal-oriented) and expressive (cultural) explanations to sharpen our understanding of punishment and the growing reliance on incarceration.

Covering five main areas of inquiry - penal context, penal populations, penal violence, penal process, and penal state - this book is essential reading for both undergraduate and graduate students interested in undertaking a critical analysis of penology.

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Book category Books in English Law Laws of Specific jurisdictions Criminal law & procedure

• Full title: Corrections
• Author: Michael Welch
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 722
• EAN: 9780415782081
• ISBN: 9780415782081
• ID: 06679231
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 1580 g
• Dimensions: 246 × 174 mm
• Date of publishing: 21. March 2011

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