From Slavery to Mass Incarceration

2002/01/31 by Loic Wacquant, Loïc Wacquant · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

paper · doi:10.64590/kge

Abstract

The fate of US blacks, from the time of Jefferson to that of Reagan and Clinton, trapped within four successive ‘peculiar institutions’, under a sociological spotlight. The origins of American racism and its outcomes in today’s hyperghetto and prison regimes.

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• Neoliberalism in law and society

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• Race, Crime, and the Prison Buildup
• Racial Injustice in America
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