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Trading Democracy for Justice

Traci Burch
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      The United States imprisons far more people, total and per capita, than any other country in the world. Among the more than 1.5 million Americans currently incarcerated, minorities and the poor are disproportionately represented. What's more, they tend to come from just a few of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in the country. While the political costs of this phenomenon remain poorly understood, it's become increasingly clear that the effects of this mass incarceration are much more pervasive than previously thought, extending beyond those imprisoned to the neighbors, family, and friends left behind. For Trading Democracy for Justice, Traci Burch has drawn on data from neighborhoods with imprisonment rates up to fourteen times the national average to chart demographic features that include information about imprisonment, probation, and parole, as well as voter turnout and volunteerism. She presents powerful evidence that living in a high-imprisonment neighborhood significantly decreases political participation. Similarly, people living in these neighborhoods are less likely to engage with their communities through volunteer work.What results is the demobilization of entire neighborhoods and the creation of vast inequalities - even among those not directly affected by the criminal justice system. The first book to demonstrate the ways in which the institutional effects of imprisonment undermine already disadvantaged communities, Trading Democracy for Justice speaks to issues at the heart of democracy.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Traci Burch EAN: 9780226064932 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The University of Chicago Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-08-21 CITY: GENRE: LAW / Criminal Law / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, Social groups, communities and identities, Penology and punishment, Political structures: democracy

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      Traci Burch is assistant professor of political science at Northwestern University and research professor at the American Bar Association. She is coauthor of Creating a New Racial Order. She lives in Chicago.
      The United States imprisons far more people, total and per capita, than any other country in the world. Among the more than 1.5 million Americans currently incarcerated, minorities and the poor are disproportionately represented. What's more, they tend to come from just a few of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in the country. While the political costs of this phenomenon remain poorly understood, it's become increasingly clear that the effects of this mass incarceration are much more pervasive than previously thought, extending beyond those imprisoned to the neighbors, family, and friends left behind. For Trading Democracy for Justice, Traci Burch has drawn on data from neighborhoods with imprisonment rates up to fourteen times the national average to chart demographic features that include information about imprisonment, probation, and parole, as well as voter turnout and volunteerism. She presents powerful evidence that living in a high-imprisonment neighborhood significantly decreases political participation. Similarly, people living in these neighborhoods are less likely to engage with their communities through volunteer work.What results is the demobilization of entire neighborhoods and the creation of vast inequalities - even among those not directly affected by the criminal justice system. The first book to demonstrate the ways in which the institutional effects of imprisonment undermine already disadvantaged communities, Trading Democracy for Justice speaks to issues at the heart of democracy.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Traci Burch EAN: 9780226064932 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The University of Chicago Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-08-21 CITY: GENRE: LAW / Criminal Law / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, Social groups, communities and identities, Penology and punishment, Political structures: democracy

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      Traci Burch is assistant professor of political science at Northwestern University and research professor at the American Bar Association. She is coauthor of Creating a New Racial Order. She lives in Chicago.

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