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The Toughest Beat: Politics, Punishment, and the Prison Officers Union in California (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)
The Toughest Beat Politics Punishment and the Prison Officers Union in California - Studies in Crime and Public Policy
Author: Joshua Page
In America today, one in every hundred adults is behind bars. As our prison population has exploded, 'law and order' interest groups have also grown -- in numbers and political clout. In The Toughest Beat, Joshua Page argues in crisp, vivid prose that the Golden State's prison boom fueled the rise of one of the most politically potent and feared...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199985074
ISBN-10: 0199985073
Publication Date: 2/1/2013
Pages: 312
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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