Reviews for Imprisoning Communities: How Mass Incarceration Makes Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Worse

The average rating for Imprisoning Communities: How Mass Incarceration Makes Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Worse based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-05-15 00:00:00 Dallas Norman "Deficits in informal social controls that result from high levels of incarceration are, in fact, criminogenic." Still an interesting perspective considering the this is over a decade old now, and not much has changed. The question remains the same: what place is there for community justice in the U.S.? ...particularly now in the burgeoning era of "smart on crime" rhetoric, sustained decreases in crime, and treatment-based focuses to drug offenses. As justifications for mass incarceration are proven untenable, using the system as a way to uphold community priorities beyond simply safety, like health, employment, housing, etc. should already be a popular idea, but there isn't really traction' definitely something I'd like to see changed. It's a better investment of money, time, and energy. Our neighborhoods are ground zero for all social problems, including crime, and all residents must be actively included and invested in solving them in order to build collective efficacy.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-10-08 00:00:00 Vic Tomas This book is but yet another siren being sounded to warn the American public to awaken from their delusional slumber. Having written a book detailing my own experiences growing up in impoverished, socially dysfunctional communities, I find the research of Professor Clear not only compelling, but reaffirming the realities tens of millions of individuals in this country face each and every day. In fiscal 2005 Federal, State, and local governments spent an estimated $204 billion for police protection, corrections and judicial and legal activities, a 5.5% increase over the previous year. There is a vested financial interest by those who profit from maintaining the current status quo as it pertains to so called criminal justice and incarceration. A holistic and radically different approach to dealing proactively with the conditions and elements which breed crime must be enacted. Or We the People can look forward to the Orwellian world of 1984 becoming our reality in lieu of fiction.