Mass Incarceration in America

Name: Mass Incarceration in America
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ISBN: 9781440881428

A Reference Handbook

Rachel M. Durso (Washington College, USA)

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Bloomsbury Academic
28 May 2026

Social discrimination; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Penology & punishment; Sentencing & punishment

Series: Contemporary World Issues

On a per capita basis, the United States incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other nation in the world. This book explains the social, economic, and political forces that account for this controversial distinction through features that include context-setting introductory chapters, illuminating primary documents, informative biographical and organizational profiles, a detailed timeline of events and trends related to incarceration in the USA, and personal essays contributed by administrators, researchers, educators, and people with firsthand experience of life behind bars.

By: Rachel M. Durso (Washington College USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 580g
ISBN: 9781440881428
ISBN 10: 1440881421
Series: Contemporary World Issues
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 28 May 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , Primary , Children's (6-12)
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rachel M. Durso is Associate Professor of Sociology and Department Chair of Sociology at Washington College, MD, USA. Durso's primary research interests concern the consequences of mass incarceration in the United States in the 21st century. Her research explores the ways in which social control of minority groups, partisanship, and historical punishment practices affect modern-day punishment issues such as increases in corrections spending, prison admissions, and prison privatization.