Cheap on Crime
Recession-Era Politics and the Transformation of American Punishment
1st Edition
Published on 6. February 2015
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-520-27730-4 (ISBN)
Description
After forty years of increasing prison construction and incarceration rates, winds of change are blowing through the American correctional system. The 2008 financial crisis demonstrated the unsustainability of the incarceration project, thereby empowering policy makers to reform punishment through fiscal prudence and austerity. In Cheap on Crime, Hadar Aviram draws on years of archival and journalistic research and builds on social history and economics literature to show the powerful impact of recession-era discourse on the death penalty, the war on drugs, incarceration practices, prison health care, and other aspects of the American correctional landscape.
Reviews / Votes
"[This book] has the potential to become a classic in the study of how social context-in particular, times of financial crisis-influences incarceration policies... Highly recommended." CHOICE "Cheap on Crime makes a valuable contribution to the literature on mass incarceration and is a must-read for those seeking explanations for the significant changes that have occurred in American corrections over the last 5 years." -- Christine S. Scott-Hayward Law & Society Review "Thought-provoking and notable work... Cheap on Crime documents how market values have come to dominate the discourse on American corrections since the Great Recession. A welcome edition to the literature at the intersection of economics and criminology." -- Larry Karson Social Science Journal "A well-researched book with a coherent narrative and a strong, theoretically and empirically grounded argument ... Essential reading." -- Ashley Rubin Punishment & Society "Cheap on Crime raises crucial political questions for all of us to debate, and it is as timely as a book can be." Social JusticeMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
2 Graphs, 4 Tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-27730-4 (9780520277304)
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02/2015
1st Edition
University of California Press
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1st Edition
University of California Press
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Person
Hadar Aviram is Professor of Law at University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where she codirects the Hastings Institute for Criminal Justice and publishes the California Correctional Crisis blog. She lives in San Francisco.
Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Talking about Money and Punishment 2. A Fiscal History of Mass Incarceration 3. The Financial Crisis of 2007 and the Birth of Humonetarianism 4. The New Correctional Discourse of Scarcity: From Ideals to Money on Death Row 5. The New Coalitions of Financial Prudence: From Tough on Crime to the Drug Truce 6. The New Carceral Wheeling and Dealing: From Incapacitation to the Inmate Export Business 7. The New Inmate as a Fiscal Subject: From Ward to Consumer 8. The Future of Humonetarianism ??Notes Index