My book is out. It provides a theory of penal evolution, and the proper way of thinking about welfare and punishment, a materialist explanation of the rise of mass incarceration in the US, and an exploration of the local consequences of this punitive adjustment in East New York (Brooklyn).
Since 1993, crime in the United States has fallen to historic lows, seeming to legitimize the country’s mix of welfare reform and mass incarceration. The Upper Limit explains how this unusual mix came about, examining how, beginning in the 1970s, declining living standards for the poor have define...
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