Lockdown America Christian Parenti

Name: Lockdown America By Christian Parenti
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Lockdown America by Christian Parenti

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"Lockdown America" not only documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing, prisons, a fortified border and the federalization of the war on crime, it also explains the political and economic history behind the crackdown.

Lockdown America Summary

Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis by Christian Parenti

Lockdown America documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing, prisons, a fortified border, and the war on drugs. Its accessible and vivid prose makes clear the links between crime and politics in a period of gathering economic crisis.

Lockdown America Reviews

"The book is in the best tradition of investigative journalism, paced like a fine novel, it carries the authority of meticulous academic research." -- The Independent "[Parenti's] exhaustively documented text deserves a full hearing from anyone serious about ending the often horrific realities of the criminal justice system." -- Washington Post Book World "Essential reading for those in law enforcement and politics."-- Times Literary Supplement "A fast read, angry and compelling. -- Philadelphia City Paper "This dark, unflinching look at what our nation has become ... cannot fail to generate serious thought about issues we prefer to lock away in darkness.".-- Christian Science Monitor

About Christian Parenti

Christian Parenti teaches at the New College of California in San Francisco. He has worked as a radio journalist in Central America, New York and California, and his writing has appeared in The Nation, The Progressive, In These Times and The Christian Science Monitor.

Additional information

Sku

GOR001935858

ISBN 13

9781859843031

ISBN 10

1859843034

Title

Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis by Christian Parenti

Author

Christian Parenti

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Verso Books

Year published

2000-09-22

Number of pages

320

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