Building Violence: How America's Rush To Incarcerate Creates More Violence

Building Violence explores the underlying errors of a failing prison system while suggesting new ways to approach the increasing violence in America.'

Table of Contents:
Introduction - John P May PART ONE: THE SEARCH FOR SECURITY The Connection between Crime and Incarceration - Alfred Blumstein Today′s Violence - Khalid R Pitts Corrections without Correction - Stephen J Ingley Prisoner Rehabilitation - Colleen R McLaughlin Feeling Better but Getting Worse? Criminalizing Addictions - Roger H Peters Make ′Em Break Rocks - Kenneth L McGinnis PART TWO: IMPURE JUSTICE Legislating Barriers to Effective Solutions - William J Rold An Indelicate Tool for a Complex Problem The Racial Dynamics of Imprisonment - Marc Mauer The Care and Feeding of the Correctional-Industrial Complex - Elizabeth Alexander Examining ′Justice′ in the Juvenile System - Mark I Soler Adult Abdication - Bernardine Dohrn The Misrepresentation of Juvenile Crime PART THREE: CASUALTIES OF MASS INCARCERATION The Poltics of Jailing - Juan Williams Inappropriate Prison Populations - B Jaye Anno The ′Epidemic′ and ′Cultural Legends′ of Black Male Incarceration - Tony L Whitehead The Socialization of African American Children to a Life of Incarceration Adult Time for Adult Crime - Miriam A Rollin A Sound-Bite, Not a Sound Policy Mass Incarceration - Robert L Cohen A Public Health Failure Detention of Migrants - Fernando Chang-Muy Mental Illness behind Bars - Andrea Weisman PART FOUR: THE CRUCIBLE OF VIOLENCE Sanctioned Violence in American Prisons - Steve J Martin Even Dogs Confined to Cages for Long Periods of Time Go Beserk - Corey Weinstein Body and Soul - Joanne Mariner The Trauma of Prison Rape Feeding a Public Health Epidemic - John P May Violence and Incarceration - Joanne Page A Personal Observation The Stigma of a Criminal History Record in the Labor Market - Shawn D Bushway A Prisoner′s Journey - Randy Blackburn A Lesson from Another Country - Kim Marie Thorburn Death Penalty - Stephen S Spencer The Ultimate Violence

Review :
"Building Violence is a thought provoking record of America’s rapid incarceration in the decades of the 80’s and 90’s. It tells the story, through distinguished justice authorities, that incarceration alone does not work. Violence breeds violence, even in prisons. Every student of criminal justice needs to read this book of essays."