Crime and Punishment in America
“Earnest, free of jargon, lucid . . . This is a book that ought to be read by anyone concerned about crime and punishment in America.” —The Washington Post Book World
A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
When Crime and Punishment in America was first published in 1998, the national incarceration rate had doubled in just over a decade, and yet the United States remained—by an overwhelming margin—the mos...
“Earnest, free of jargon, lucid . . . This is a book that ought to be read by anyone concerned about crime and punishment in America.” —The Washington Post Book World
A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
When Crime and Punishment in America was first published in 1998, the national incarceration rate had doubled in just over a decade, and yet the United States remained—by an overwhelming margin—the mos...
