{"product_id":"harm-in-american-penology-offenders-victims-and-their-communities-9780791421741","title":"Harm in American Penology: Offenders, Victims, and Their Communities","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Todd R. Clear\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Penology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book analyzes the sources and results of the fourfold increase in the U.S. correctional population since 1970. It considers the following themes: the value of punitiveness, defined as penal harm; research on crime and criminals; concerns about victims of crime; and concerns about community safety. It also analyzes the relationship between social problems and penal harm, such as poverty and crime during the twenty-year period of correctional expansion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author argues that a careful review of proposals for expanded penal harm cannot be justified. The growth in corrections was not caused by crime nor has it reduced crime. Clear describes a new strategy for corrections based on his examination of the politics of social control and the growth in penal harm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47591692468375,"sku":"9780791421741","price":3531.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780791421741.webp?v=1774974143","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/harm-in-american-penology-offenders-victims-and-their-communities-9780791421741","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}