Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control (Chicago Studies in American Politics)

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Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control (Chicago Studies in American Politics)

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The numbers are staggering: One-third of America’s adult population has passed through the criminal justice system and now has a criminal record. Many more were never convicted, but are nonetheless subject to surveillance by the state. Never before has the American government maintained so vast a network of institutions dedicated solely to the control and confinement of its citizens. A provocative assessment of the contemporary carceral state for American democracy, Arresting Citizenship argues that the broad reach of the criminal justice system has fundamentally recast the relation ...

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022613783X, 9780226137834

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