Tough on crime, tough on families? : criminal justice and family life in America /

More than 30 years after President Reagan declared a war on drugs and more than 20 years after President Clinton declared a war on lawlessness, President Obama has described our criminal justice system as broken; and plagued by overaggressive policing, prison overcrowding, and abominable conditions...

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Other Authors:	Wildeman, Christopher James, 1979- (Editor), Wakefield, Sara (Editor), Lee, Hedwig (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles : Sage, [2016]
Series:	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ; v. 665.
Subjects:	Criminal justice, Administration of > Social aspects > United States. Prisoners' families > United States. Children of prisoners > United States. Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States. Criminal justice, Administration of > Social aspects. Criminal justice, Administration of. Prisoners' families. Children of prisoners. Sentences (Criminal procedure) United States.
Summary:	More than 30 years after President Reagan declared a war on drugs and more than 20 years after President Clinton declared a war on lawlessness, President Obama has described our criminal justice system as broken; and plagued by overaggressive policing, prison overcrowding, and abominable conditions for inmates. He also characterized the criminal justice system as an "aspect of American life that remains particularly skewed by race and wealth, a source of inequity that has ripple effects on families and communities and ultimately on our nation." The president is joined in this view by a broad and increasingly bipartisan group of Americans interested in finding ways to reform criminal justice in America.--
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