crime and punishment in america by elliott currie

This article in Off Our Backs focuses on organizations for prison activism and answers the questions of 'why' and 'how'. 'Engendering Justice: Prisons, Activism and Change' in Off Our Backs, Vol. Although there are great facts and comparisons between the school system and prison industry the main focus is California and may be too specific to my research.Ĥ. This article is a review of Ruth Wilson Gilmore's 'Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California. Platt, Tony 'The Prison Fix' in Social Justice, Vol. I would like to become more farmiliar with this area to better understand my topic.ģ. The chapter also offers an analysis of the sentencing as well as legislative process, and the injustices that occur within the court.

15-16) I aim to look at and understand the notion that our rights are diminishing in conjunction with the rate and expansion of citizens convicted of crimes. Invisible Punishment:Instrument of Social Exclusion 'focuses on a criminal sanction that is nearly invisible: namely, the punishment that is accomplished through the diminution of the rights and privileges of citizenship and legal residency in the United States.' (pg. 'Invisible Punishment: Instrument of Social Exclusion' in 'Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment' Mauer, Mark and Chesney-Lind, Meda, Editors.

I will be addressing such things in my research regarding the injustices in the current America prison system.Ģ. Elliot Currie challenges prison myths as well as addresses common misconceptions, lies and facts. Currie, Elliott 'Crime And Punishment In America' New York: Metropolitan Books Henry Holt and Company, 1998.Ĭrime and Punishment in America will be helpful to my research because the contents consist of alternatives and choices regarding the present prison industry. As of now, the annotations will explain what I am looking to find from the articles.ġ.

As I complete my research my annotations will begin to explain their relevance to my research.

Crime and punishment in america by elliott currie