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From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America

by Elizabeth Hinton

Harvard Univ. 2016. 448p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 9780674737235. pap. $29.95.

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Hinton's (history & African and African American studies, Harvard) detailed, documented chronicle illuminates how America developed the world's largest prison system.

Reviewed by Joan Pedzich , Jul 01, 2016

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