The Politics of Imprisonment
How the Democratic Process Shapes the Way America Punishes Offenders
Series: Studies in Crime and Public Policy;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 10 September 2009
- ISBN 9780195370027
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages264 pages
- Size 155x236x25 mm
- Weight 505 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 2 black and white line illustrations 0
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Short description:
The Politics of Imprisonment examines how the democratic process and social trust shape penal sanctioning in the United States. Drawing on a range of archival sources, Barker shows that higher levels of civic engagement tend to support milder punishments whereas lower levels tend to support more coercive criminal justice policies.
MoreLong description:
The Politics of Imprisonment seeks to document and explain the chronic long-term differences in American crime policy. It argues that the American states responded in radically different ways to rising crime, social upheaval, war, and declining trust in government due to the variation, complexity, and nuances of American democracy. It examines how the democratic process and social trust shape penal sanctioning in the United States. The research shows that higher levels of civic engagement tend to support milder punishments whereas lower levels tend to support more coercive criminal justice policies. The book challenges a taken-for-granted assumption about the democratic process and punishment. It shows that the apparent link between public participation, punitiveness and harsh justice is not only historically contingent but dependent upon specific institutional contexts and patterns of civic engagement, patterns which tend to vary within the US and across liberal democracies. But perhaps more importantly, the research suggests the opposite relationship: increased democratization can support and sustain less coercive penal regimes. By comparing state-level imprisonment variation and state-level democratic traditions, this book highlights the importance of place, locality, and context in a globalizing social world.
Given the significant contribution Barker has made to the growing governance literature, scholars would be well served to further explore the constructs that Barker identifies and apply them across other contexts.
Table of Contents:
Preface
The Democratic Process & Imprisonment
Explaining Penal Regime Variation: Political Structures & Collective Agency
The Case of California: Neo-populism & Retribution
Washington State Deliberates: From Fortress Prison to De-escalation
New York: Elite Pragmatism & Managerialism
Democratic Governance, Social Trust & Penal Order
Appendix A: Selected US Imprisonment Rates, 1971-2006
