Book 2003
Are Prisons Obsolete?
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- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
- Penology & punishment
- Penology
- Prison Systems
- Social Science
- Sociology
- USA
- Alternatives to imprisonment
Amid rising public concern about the proliferation and privatization of prisons, and their promise of enormous profits, world-renowned author and activist Angela Y. Davis argues for the abolition of the prison system as the dominant way of responding to America's social ills.
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