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Race, Incarceration, and American Values (Boston Review Books) (8th Edition) by Glenn C. Loury, Tommie [Contributor] Shelby, Loïc [Contributor] Wacquant, Pamela S. Karlan, Deborah Chasman (Series Editor), Contributor-Pamela Karlan, Professor Loic Wacquant, Loã¯C [Contributor] Wacquant Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 0-262-12311-8 / 0262123118 ISBN-13: 978-0-262-12311-2 / 9780262123112 The United States, home to five percent of the world's population, now houses twenty-five percent of the world's prison inmates. Our incarceration rate -- at 714 per 100,000 residents and rising -- is almost forty percent greater than our nearest compe |