The Perpetual Prisoner Machine: How America Profits From Crime

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Synopsis
a scathing indictment of the prisons for profit system in the U.S., which imprisons a greater % of its citizens than Russia or China
Copyright:
2000

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
305 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780813335070
Publisher:
N/A
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Westview Press
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
Submitted By:
Mary Otten
Proofread By:
John Riehl
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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 I signed up for bookshare.org with the vision that I could use the books I received from this organization for educational and leisurely needs. This visionhas been fulfilled through "The Perpetual Prisoner Machine: How America Profits From Crime" by Joel Dyer.This book is perfect for anyone taking a Sociology of Crime course, or for any Sociology course. In a thorough, comprehensive and understandable manner,it goes through all the elements of structural conflict perspective: accumulation, legitimation and coercion. I am currently doing an essay for my Sociologyof Crime course. Without this book, I do not think I would have been able to do as well in this essay.It is my view that many Americans with print disabilities will read this book. I am absolutely appalled at how the USA trats its prisoners. They are treatingthem like slaves, like Hitler treated the Jews. I hope and pray that one day, enough people will see this alarming trend and will be empowered to bringthis unacceptable treatment of prisoners to an end, so more prisoners can be treated like human beings, despite the crimes they may have committed. Everyonehas the right to be treated with dignity and respect. Maybe one day, thanks to this book, this will start to happen. Thank you so much, bookshare.org forproviding this book for me.