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Most people in jail have not been convicted of a crime. Instead, they have been accused of a crime and cannot afford to post the bail amount to guarantee their
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Most people in jail have not been convicted of a crime. Instead, they have been accused of a crime and cannot afford to post the bail amount to guarantee their
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The punitive turn of penal policy in the United States after the acme of the Civil Rights movement responds not to rising criminal insecurity but to the social
Profit and Punishment
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Disciplining the Poor
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This volume lays out the underlying logic of contemporary poverty governance in the United States. The authors argue that poverty governance has been transforme