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Prison State: The Challenge of Mass Incarceration. By Bert Useem and Anne Morrison Piehl. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 236 pp. $25.99 paper. - The Politics of Imprisonment: How the Democratic Process Shapes the Way America Punishes Offenders. By Vanessa Barker. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. 264 pp. $35.00 cloth. - Sunbelt Justice: Arizona and the Transformation of American Punishment. By Mona Lynch. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2010. 280 pp. $24.95 paper.

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Prison State: The Challenge of Mass Incarceration. By Bert Useem and Anne Morrison Piehl. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 236 pp. $25.99 paper.
The Politics of Imprisonment: How the Democratic Process Shapes the Way America Punishes Offenders. By Vanessa Barker. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. 264 pp. $35.00 cloth.
Sunbelt Justice: Arizona and the Transformation of American Punishment. By Mona Lynch. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2010. 280 pp. $24.95 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

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Law & Society Review , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. 783 - 789
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