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A Country Called Prison: Mass Incarceration and the Making of a New Nation

by John D. Carl

Looman, Mary D. & . Oxford Univ. 2015. 232p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780190211035. $29.95.

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Looman and Carl, experts in criminology and social services, examine the enormous prison system as if it were a country. A close look at the economics of mass incarceration is useful. The authors show how, under the current system, the effects of imprisonment can continue after release. (LJ 5/15/15)

Reviewed by Joan Pedzich , Jul 01, 2016

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