Lockdown America : police and prisons in the age of crisis /
Parenti, Christian,
Lockdown America : police and prisons in the age of crisis / Police and prisons in the age of crisis Christian Parenti. - xiii, 290 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nixon's splendid little war: social crisis and containment -- From crisis to roll back -- A war for all seasons: the return of law and order -- Discipline in Playland, part I- zero tolerance: the science of kicking ass -- Discipline in Playland, part II- policing the themepark city -- Carrying the big stick: SWAT teams and paramilitary policing -- Repatriating la Migra's war: the militarized border comes home -- The rise of big house nation: from reform to revenge -- Prison as Abattoir: official terror -- Balkans in a box: rape, race war, and other forms of management -- Big bucks from the big house: the prison industrial complex and beyond.
1859847188 9781859847183
99037182
Prisons--United States
Imprisonment--United States
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States
Police--United States
Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States
HV9471 / .P33 1999
365.973
Lockdown America : police and prisons in the age of crisis / Police and prisons in the age of crisis Christian Parenti. - xiii, 290 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nixon's splendid little war: social crisis and containment -- From crisis to roll back -- A war for all seasons: the return of law and order -- Discipline in Playland, part I- zero tolerance: the science of kicking ass -- Discipline in Playland, part II- policing the themepark city -- Carrying the big stick: SWAT teams and paramilitary policing -- Repatriating la Migra's war: the militarized border comes home -- The rise of big house nation: from reform to revenge -- Prison as Abattoir: official terror -- Balkans in a box: rape, race war, and other forms of management -- Big bucks from the big house: the prison industrial complex and beyond.
1859847188 9781859847183
99037182
Prisons--United States
Imprisonment--United States
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States
Police--United States
Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States
HV9471 / .P33 1999
365.973