Building on this theory, Rose et al. (2003) found that mass incarceration in specific communities impaired the human capital of non-incarcerated community members.
"It's the main driver of mass incarceration in this country".
The fight against mass incarceration in the United States is no exception to this rule.
We have mass incarceration in this country, not quite on the US scale, but not so very far off.
THE NEW JIM CROW: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander (New Press, $19.95).
Now some of these shifts — toward mass incarceration, in particular — have reached a point of diminishing returns and mounting injustice.
Experts disagree about how much of this change can be attributed to policing or to mass incarceration; in many ways, crime rates are mysterious.
David's memo to the judge about collateral consequences began with a quotation from Michelle Alexander's influential book "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness".
In 1972, America conducted only a few hundred paramilitary drug raids a year, according to Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness".
Adam Gopnik's compelling essay on the U.S. prison system reveals disturbing truths about mass incarceration in the United States (A Critic at Large, January 30th).
"Raised in the System," the first episode of the new season of HBO's news-magazine series "Vice," provides an insightful look at juvenile mass incarceration in the United States, managing a tone that's both grave and encouraging.
