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Irvine Valley College - Summer 2012 | ||
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 | Crime and Punishment in America by Elliott Currie Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1998 ISBN-10: 0-8050-6016-2 / 0805060162 ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-6016-4 / 9780805060164 There are five times as many Americans behind bars today as in 1970. The national incarceration rate in 1997 was twice that in 1985. California's prison system has become the third largest in the world. And despite some limited recent declines in crime rates, we remain by far the most violent indust | |