Mass Incarceration in America

<b>On a per capita basis, the United States incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other nation in the world. </b>This book explains the social, economic, and political forces that account for this controversial distinction through features that include context-setting introductory chapters, illuminating primary documents, informative biographical and organizational profiles, a detailed timeline of events and trends related to incarceration in the USA, and personal essays contributed by administrators, researchers, educators, and people with firsthand experience of life behind bars.