Harm in American Penology: Offenders, Victims, and Their Communities

by Todd R. Clear

This book analyzes the sources and results of the fourfold increase in the U.S. correctional population since 1970. It considers the following themes: the value of punitiveness, defined as penal harm; research on crime and criminals; concerns about victims of crime; and concerns about community safety. It also analyzes the relationship between social problems and penal harm, such as poverty and crime during the twenty-year period of correctional expansion.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791421740
• ISBN13: 9780791421741
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"