Lockdown America

Download or read book Lockdown America written by Christian Parenti and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2008-08-17 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is criminal justice so central to American politics? Lockdown America notonly documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing,prisons, a fortified border, and the federalization of the war oncrime, it also explains the political and economic history behind themassive crackdown. This updated edition includes an afterword on the War on Terror, a meditation on surveillance and the specter of terrorism as they help reanimate the criminal justice attack. Written in vivid prose, Lockdown America willpropel readers toward a deeper understanding of the links between crimeand politics in a period of gathering economic crisis.