Why Are So Many American's in Prison? Sex and Gender and Michael Steven Smith

and Michael Steven Smith

Hailed as "a truly eye-opening view of how American business-as-usual really works" by the Daily Kos and "an alarming and uncompromising investigation" by Le Monde

Between 1975 and 2007

by Raymond Arsenault

Crown Publishers

Why Are So Many American's in Prison? Sex and Gender and Michael Steven Smithby Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll Russell Sage Foundation 2013 SKU: 9780871547125 Between 1975 and 2007, the American incarceration rate increased nearly fivefold, a historic increase that puts the United States in a league of its own among advanced economies. We incarcerate more people today than we ever have, and we stand out as the nation that most frequently uses incarceration to punish those who break the law. What factors explain the