Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis, Revised and Expanded Edition

An updated edition of the classic examination of the link between crime and politics. Why is criminal justice so central to American politics?Lockdown Americanot only documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing, prisons, a fortified border, and the federalization of the war on crime, it also explains the political and economic history behind the massive crackdown. This fully updated and expanded 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 Americawill propel readers toward a deeper understanding of the links between crime and politics in a period of gathering economic crisis.Parenti, Christian is the author of 'Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis, Revised and Expanded Edition', published 2008 under ISBN 9781844672677 and ISBN 1844672670.