http://www.politicalmediareview.org An Independent Review Site for Social Justice Media Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:02:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.politicalmediareview.org/2009/06/an-expenive-way-to-make-bad-people-worse/ http://www.politicalmediareview.org/2009/06/an-expenive-way-to-make-bad-people-worse/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:23:31 +0000 politicalmediareview http://www.politicalmediareview.org/?p=1459

In this short book, author Jens Soering outlines several prison myths that he says obscure our ability to take a rational, informed, and effective approach to incarceration in the U.S. Using the introductory chapter to highlight recent trends in crime, incarceration, recidivism, and prison expenditures (data from 2001 were the most recently available during the time of this writing) Soering dedicates the remaining chapters to discuss six prison myths that he argues cloud our understanding, judgment, and ultimately practices of incarceration. ]]> http://www.politicalmediareview.org/2009/06/an-expenive-way-to-make-bad-people-worse/feed/ 0