Reddit reviews American Corrections

I personally, don't. And don't have much for you, I'm not deep into it.

But I asked a lawyer friend of mine who teaches a course on this subject and she came back with a couple items. She teaches with these texts:

https://www.amazon.com/American-Corrections-Todd-R-Clear/dp/133755765X
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Jim_Crow

And referred me to this syllabus:
https://www.aaihs.org/prison-abolition-syllabus-2-0/

I'm sure you and I both were hoping for something more succinct.

I was reading the New Jim Crow wikipedia page and among its critics is this guy, Plaff, who while contending TNJC's focus on the drug war makes a point you've brought up before: That non-violent drug offenders are not the majority of prisoners. His book https://www.amazon.com/Locked-Causes-Incarceration-Achieve-Reform/dp/0465096913 focuses on the shift in the 80's towards mandatory minimums and prosecutor behavior. The ever ratcheting prison term lengths since that time have left American prisoners with long sentences compared to other countries and I doubt that acts as a deterrent. I've heard the argument made that violence towards arresting police may be increased in the USA because the arrestee has so much to lose compared to other systems.

looking for:
978-1337557658

American Corrections https://www.amazon.com/dp/133755765X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_LjOFDbNPC0YV1

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978-1-337-09184-8

Criminology: Theories, Patterns and Typologies https://www.amazon.com/dp/1337091847/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_6kOFDbX1JEG7F