The prison and the gallows : the politics of mass incarceration in America / Marie Gottschalk.

Cambridge, [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

xiii, 451 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

The prison and the gallows : the construction of the carceral state in America -- Law, order, and alternative explanations -- Unlocking the past : the nationalization and politicization of law and order -- The carceral state and the welfare state : the comparative politics of victims -- Not the usual suspects : feminists, women's groups, and the anti-rape movement -- The battered women's movement and the development of penal policy -- From rights to revolution : prison activism and penal policy -- Capital punishment, the courts, and the early origins of the carceral state, 1920s-1960s -- The power to punish : the political development of capital punishment, 1972 to today -- Whither the carceral state.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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