Contents Acknowledgments ix A Brief Note on Language and Identity xi Introduction: America’s Prisons: A Portrait of the Vulnerable xiii Chapter 1 “Crime” and Moral Panics 1 Chapter 2 Discretion and Punishment 23 Chapter 3 Punishing the Poor 36 Chapter 4 Punishing the Sick 56 Chapter 5 Punishing Race 69 Chapter 6 Punishing Immigrants 79 Chapter 7 Punishing Drug Use 95 Chapter 8 Punishing Families 108 Chapter 9 Instead of Prisons 121 Technical Appendix 135 References 143 Index 163
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