The United States has built a carceral state that is unprecedented among Western countries and in US history.
This 2006 book examines the developmen.
What are some of the main political forces that explain this unprecedented reliance on Mass imprisonment? Throughout American history, crime and punishment have been central features of American political development.
Nearly one in 50 people, excluding children and the elderly, is incarcerated today, a rate unsurpassed anywhere else in the world.
The United States has built a carceral state that is unprecedented among Western countries and in US history