Maya Schenwar And Victoria Law - Prison By Any Other Name The Harmful Consequences Of Popular Reforms - 2021 [EN]

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"Prison by Any Other Name" is a Unknown title in English, distributed as a EPUB file (2.2 MB). Written by Maya Schenwar. The book spans approximately 301 pages with 92,699 words. With a new afterword from the authors, the critically praised indictment of widely embraced "alternatives to incarceration"Electronic monitoring. Locked-down drug treatment centers. House arrest. Mandated psychiatric treatment. Data driven surveillance. Extended probation. These are some of the key alternatives held up as cost effective substitutes for jails and prisons. But in a searing, "cogent critique" (Library Journal), Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law reveal that many of these so-called reforms actually weave in new strands of punishment and control, bringing new populations who would n...

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CategoryBooks

LanguageEnglish (EN)

GenreLaw, Nonfiction

QualityEPUB

Size2.2 MB

Pages301

ArchivedOct 13, 2026

Synopsis

Some are alarmed by the fact that the United States has long been the most incarcerated nation in the world, especially because widespread research has proven that more incarceration not only doesn’t reduce violent crime, it may even increase it (in addition to the violence that prison itself perpetuates). Other conservative groups including Americans for Tax Reform and FreedomWorks were also joining the party. In fact, like Gingrich and Hughes, Obama made sure to emphasize first and foremost th