Mass Incarceration Nation How the United States Became Addicted to Prisons and Jails and How It Can Recover
Book contents
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I What Is Mass Incarceration?
- 1 Definition
- 2 The Deprivation of Incarceration
- 3 Where Is Mass Incarceration?
- 4 Distinguishing the Criminal Justice and Criminal Legal Systems
- Part II The Building Blocks of Mass Incarceration
- Part III The Mechanics of Mass Incarceration
- Part IV The Road to Recovery
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
4 - Distinguishing the Criminal Justice and Criminal Legal Systems
from Part I - What Is Mass Incarceration?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2022
Book contents
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Mass Incarceration Nation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I What Is Mass Incarceration?
- 1 Definition
- 2 The Deprivation of Incarceration
- 3 Where Is Mass Incarceration?
- 4 Distinguishing the Criminal Justice and Criminal Legal Systems
- Part II The Building Blocks of Mass Incarceration
- Part III The Mechanics of Mass Incarceration
- Part IV The Road to Recovery
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
Summary
As we will see in the chapters to come, there is wide variety among and across different American jurisdictions in the causes and motives of the march toward increased penal severity. Generalization is possible but requires separating the system into two components: the “criminal justice system” and the “criminal legal system.”
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- Mass Incarceration NationHow the United States Became Addicted to Prisons and Jails and How It Can Recover, pp. 24 - 30Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022