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Beyond these walls : rethinking crime and punishment in the United States, Tony Platt

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Beyond These Walls is an ambitious and far-ranging exploration that tracks the legacy of crime and imprisonment in the United States, from the historical roots of the American criminal justice system to our modern state of over-incarceration, and offers a bold vision for a new future. Author Tony Platt, a recognized authority in the field of criminal justice, challenges the way we think about how and why millions of people are tracked, arrested, incarcerated, catalogued, and regulated in the United States. Beyond These Walls traces the disturbing history of punishment and social control, revealing how the criminal justice system attempts to enforce and justify inequalities associated with class, race, gender, and sexuality. Prisons and police departments are central to this process, but other institutions - from immigration and welfare to educational and public health agencies - are equally complicit. Platt argues that international and national politics shape perceptions of danger and determine the policies of local criminal justice agencies, while private policing and global corporations are deeply and undemocratically involved in the business of homeland security. Finally, Beyond These Walls demonstrates why efforts to reform criminal justice agencies have often expanded rather than contracted the net of social control. Drawing upon a long tradition of popular resistance, Platt concludes with a strategic vision of what it will take to achieve justice for all in this era of authoritarian disorder
Language
eng
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Edition
First edition.
Extent
372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781250085115
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Beyond these walls : rethinking crime and punishment in the United States
Title
Beyond these walls
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rethinking crime and punishment in the United States
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Tony Platt
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
Beyond These Walls is an ambitious and far-ranging exploration that tracks the legacy of crime and imprisonment in the United States, from the historical roots of the American criminal justice system to our modern state of over-incarceration, and offers a bold vision for a new future. Author Tony Platt, a recognized authority in the field of criminal justice, challenges the way we think about how and why millions of people are tracked, arrested, incarcerated, catalogued, and regulated in the United States. Beyond These Walls traces the disturbing history of punishment and social control, revealing how the criminal justice system attempts to enforce and justify inequalities associated with class, race, gender, and sexuality. Prisons and police departments are central to this process, but other institutions - from immigration and welfare to educational and public health agencies - are equally complicit. Platt argues that international and national politics shape perceptions of danger and determine the policies of local criminal justice agencies, while private policing and global corporations are deeply and undemocratically involved in the business of homeland security. Finally, Beyond These Walls demonstrates why efforts to reform criminal justice agencies have often expanded rather than contracted the net of social control. Drawing upon a long tradition of popular resistance, Platt concludes with a strategic vision of what it will take to achieve justice for all in this era of authoritarian disorder
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1942-
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Platt, Tony
Dewey number
364.973
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HV9950
LC item number
.P53 2019
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Criminal justice, Administration of
  • Punishment
  • Crime
  • Crime
  • Criminal justice, Administration of
  • Punishment
  • United States
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adult
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Beyond these walls : rethinking crime and punishment in the United States, Tony Platt
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Control code
on1043954053
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781250085115
Lccn
2018029156
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1043954053
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Beyond these walls : rethinking crime and punishment in the United States, Tony Platt
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1043954053
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781250085115
Lccn
2018029156
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1043954053

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