On a per capita basis, the United States incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other nation in the world. This book explains the social, economic, and political forces that account for this controversial distinction through features that include context-setting introductory chapters, illuminating primary documents, informative biographical and organizational profiles, a detailed timeline of events and trends related to incarceration in the USA, and personal essays contributed by administrators, researchers, educators, and people with firsthand experience of life behind bars.
| ISBN: | 9798765116753 |
| Publication date: | 16th April 2026 |
| Author: | Rachel M Durso |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Series: | Contemporary World Issues |
On a per capita basis, the United States incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other nation in the world. This book explains the social, economic, and political forces that account for this controversial distinction through features that include context-setting introductory chapters, illuminating primary documents, informative biographical and organizational profiles, a detailed timeline of events and trends related to incarceration in the USA, and personal essays contributed by administrators, researchers, educators, and people with firsthand experience of life behind bars.
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Mass Incarceration in America was written by Rachel M Durso and published by Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Mass Incarceration in America has 320 pages
Yes it is part of Contemporary World Issues series