Punishing Places: The Geography of Mass Imprisonment

Author:   Jessica T. Simes
Publisher:   University of California Press
ISBN:  

9780520380332


Pages:   252
Publication Date:   26 October 2021
Format:   Paperback
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Punishing Places applies a unique spatial analysis to mass incarceration in the United States. It demonstrates that our highest imprisonment rates are now in small cities, suburbs, and rural areas. Jessica Simes argues that mass incarceration should be conceptualized as one of the legacies of U.S. racial residential segregation, but that a focus on large cities has diverted vital scholarly and policy attention away from communities affected most by mass incarceration today. This book presents novel measures for estimating the community-level effects of incarceration using spatial, quantitative, and qualitative methods. This analysis has broad and urgent implications for policy reforms aimed at ameliorating the community effects of mass incarceration and promoting alternatives to the carceral system.

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Author:   Jessica T. Simes
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780520380332


ISBN 10:   0520380339
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   26 October 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1 * A Spatial View of Punishment 2 * The Urban Model 3 * Small Cities and Mass Incarceration 4 * Social Services Beyond the City: Isolation and Regional Inequity 5 * Race and Communities of Pervasive Incarceration 6 * Punishing Places 7 * Beyond Punishing Places: A Research and Reform Agenda Appendix: Data and Methodology Notes References Index

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Simes's careful engagement with...data builds to a compelling central argument. . . .Punishing Places contributes to a broader conversation within carceral studies that analyzes domestic policing as warfare. * Public Books *


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Jessica T. Simes is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Boston University.

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