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Lockdown America
Christian Parenti
其他書名
Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis
出版Verso Books, 2008-08-17
主題Social Science / CriminologySocial Science / PenologyPolitical Science / Political Economy
ISBN18446724929781844672493
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=lOlOEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Why is criminal justice so central to American politics? Lockdown America notonly documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing,prisons, a fortified border, and the federalization of the war oncrime, it also explains the political and economic history behind themassive crackdown. This updated edition includes an afterword on the War on Terror, a meditation on surveillance and the specter of terrorism as they help reanimate the criminal justice attack. Written in vivid prose, Lockdown America willpropel readers toward a deeper understanding of the links between crimeand politics in a period of gathering economic crisis.