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The Politics of Injustice: Crime and Punishment in America (2nd Edition) by Dr Katherine A. Beckett, Theodore Sasson, Second Edition Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-7619-2994-0 / 0761929940 ISBN-13: 978-0-7619-2994-9 / 9780761929949 The U.S. crime rate has dropped steadily for more than a decade, yet the rate of incarceration continues to skyrocket. Today, more than 2 million Americans are locked in prisons and jails with devastating consequences for poor families and communities, overcrowded institutions and overburdened taxpa |