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Incarceration
Incarceration is the detention of a person in jail or prison. People are most commonly incarcerated upon suspicion or conviction of committing a crime. Incarceration rates, when measured by the United Nations, are considered distinct and separate from the imprisonment of political prisoners and others not charged with a specific crime. Historically, the frequency of imprisonment, its duration, and severity have varied considerably. There has also been much debate about the motives for incarceration, its effectiveness and fairness, as well as debate regarding the related questions about the nature and etiology of criminal behavior.
A Cycle of Incarceration
USA Today reports, "For many of USA's inmates, crime runs in the family," by Kevin Johnson. Nearly half of the 2 million inmates in state prisons across the USA ? 48% ? say they have relatives who also have been...
Crime and Incarceration
James Q. Wilson, whose work I admire immensely and who is one of the most careful scholars of crime and criminal justice policy, has a marvelous column today at AEI summarizing what we know and do not know about the...
Incarceration Reimbursement
A law firm appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of the State of Missouri in a matter arising out of a drug arrest...
Is Mass Incarceration the New SUV?
How fast things can change in American. One day you feel punked not to have an Expedition or Sequoia to drive to the mall in, and a couple of years later, you wonder who left that unsightly gas guzzler in your garage...
Is Mass Incarceration the New SUV
How fast things can change in American. One day you feel punked not to have an Expedition or Sequoia to drive to the mall in, and a couple of years later, you wonder who left that unsightly gas guzzler in your garage...
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