Incarceration in America

By Kerry Hinton

Book Overview

With more than 2 million people behind bars, America's prison system is in crisis. Through this informative book, your readers will discover what happens when too many inmates are crowded into too few cells. Why is the system overburdened? What is being done to improve the situation? What more can be done future? Empower your students with the facts through this timely, relevant book.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143585277X
• ISBN13: 9781435852778
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12