Prison break : how conservatives turned against mass incarceration

"American conservatism rose hand-in-hand with the growth of mass incarceration. For decades, conservatives deployed "tough on crime" rhetoric to attack liberals as out-of-touch elitists who coddled criminals while the nation spiraled toward disorder. As a result, conservatives have be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Teles, Steven Michael
Format: BOOK
Language:ENGLISH
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
Series:Studies in post war American political development
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