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Article: Ann M. Nurse, Fatherhood Arrested: Parenting from Within the Juvenile Justice System.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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Nashville, TN: Van der Bilt University Press, 2002. $39.95 hardcover, $19.95 papercover.
The increased use of custodial sentencing in the United States over the last decade has resulted in a huge prison population. While many politicians and members of the public believe that the routine use of incarceration is an effective way of reducing crime, many criminologists conclude that it has, in fact, had a limited deterrent impact. Despite the exponential increase in the prison population, violence, drug dealing and properly crime remain problems of huge proportions. Drawing on a a substantive body of research into the effectiveness of prisons, they also point out ...