Building Violence

This clearly written book exposes the underlying errors of a failing system while suggesting new ways to approach such a monumental problem as the increasing violence in America. It urges us to rethink the incarceration policy, especially as it intersects with race, social class, gender, morality, technology, the media, profiteering and legislated messages of prejudice, fear, and violence.

Building Violence exposes the underlying errors of a failing prison system while suggesting new ways to approach the increasing violence in America. In this book, contributors urge us to rethink incarceration policy.

Introduction - John P MayPART ONE: THE SEARCH FOR SECURITYThe Connection between Crime and Incarceration - Alfred BlumsteinToday¿s Violence - Khalid R PittsCorrections without Correction - Stephen J IngleyPrisoner Rehabilitation - Colleen R McLaughlin Feeling Better but Getting Worse?Criminalizing Addictions - Roger H PetersMake ¿Em Break Rocks - Kenneth L McGinnisPART TWO: IMPURE JUSTICELegislating Barriers to Effective Solutions - William J Rold An Indelicate Tool for a Complex ProblemThe Racial Dynamics of Imprisonment - Marc MauerThe Care and Feeding of the Correctional-Industrial Complex - Elizabeth AlexanderExamining ¿Justice¿ in the Juvenile System - Mark I SolerAdult Abdication - Bernardine Dohrn The Misrepresentation of Juvenile CrimePART THREE: CASUALTIES OF MASS INCARCERATIONThe Poltics of Jailing - Juan WilliamsInappropriate Prison Populations - B Jaye AnnoThe ¿Epidemic¿ and ¿Cultural Legends¿ of Black Male Incarceration - Tony L Whitehead The Socialization of African American Children to a Life of IncarcerationAdult Time for Adult Crime - Miriam A Rollin A Sound-Bite, Not a Sound PolicyMass Incarceration - Robert L Cohen A Public Health FailureDetention of Migrants - Fernando Chang-MuyMental Illness behind Bars - Andrea WeismanPART FOUR: THE CRUCIBLE OF VIOLENCESanctioned Violence in American Prisons - Steve J MartinEven Dogs Confined to Cages for Long Periods of Time Go Beserk - Corey WeinsteinBody and Soul - Joanne Mariner The Trauma of Prison RapeFeeding a Public Health Epidemic - John P MayViolence and Incarceration - Joanne Page A Personal ObservationThe Stigma of a Criminal History Record in the Labor Market - Shawn D BushwayA Prisoner¿s Journey - Randy BlackburnA Lesson from Another Country - Kim Marie ThorburnDeath Penalty - Stephen S Spencer The Ultimate Violence