Friday, April 26, 2019

Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration

Rachel Elise Barkow (New York University), Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration (Harvard University Press 2019).


America’s criminal justice system reflects irrational fears stoked by politicians seeking to win election. Pointing to specific policies that are morally problematic and have failed to end the cycle of recidivism, Rachel Barkow argues that reform guided by evidence, not politics and emotions, will reduce crime and reverse mass incarceration.
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