"Based on Race to Incarcerate by Marc Mauer"--P. [iv].
Contents:
Introduction: U.S. prisons from inception to export -- The rise of the "tough on crime" movement -- The triumph of "tough on crime" -- The rock gets rolling -- Crime as politics: the Reagan-Bush years -- Kemba Smith: a case of extreme sentencing -- Crime as politics: the Clinton years -- Crime as politics: the George W. Bush years -- The prison-crime connection -- Color-coded justice -- The war on drugs and African Americans -- A new direction.
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