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Making Crime Pay: Law and Order in Contemporary American Politics (Studies in Crime and Public Policy) (Updated Edition) by Katherine Beckett Paperback, 158 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 0-19-513626-8 / 0195136268 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-513626-5 / 9780195136265 Most Americans are not aware that the US prison population has tripled over the past two decades, nor that the US has the highest rate of incarceration in the industrialized world. Despite these facts, politicians from across the ideological spectrum continue to campaign on "law and order" platforms |