From the Book - First edition.
The importance of opposing Viewpoints introduction --
Chapter 1: Is mass incarceration an effective system for curbing crime? --
1. Mass incarceration is unnecessary and ineffective / Inimai M. Chettiar --
2. What we need is more police on the street / Allison Schrager --
3. There are no easy solutions for the nation's drug habit / Ray Walser --
4. The relationship between incarceration and crime is limited / Marc Mauer and Nazgol Ghandnoosh -- --
Chapter 2: What are the societal effects of incarceration? --
1. Prison is the new poverty trap / Friends Committee on National Legislation --
2. The criminal justice system is stacked against people of color / Jamal Hagler --
3. Poverty and racism are not excuses for breaking the law / Stephanos Bibas --
4. Mass incarceration has helped bring back debtors' prisons / Eli Hager --
2. Prison inmates should earn a living wage / Shafaq Hasan --
Chapter 3: Are there problems with our prison system? --
1. Reforming drug offenses can curb mass incarceration / Sarah Childress --
2. A drugs-first strategy cannot solve the prison problem / Jonathan Simon --
3. Private prisons increase capacity, save money, and improve service / Nathan Benefield --
4. Private prisons hinder reform, expose prisoners to violence, and increase recidivism / Alex Friedmann --
5. Private prisons are not the problem / Daniel Denvir --
Chapter 4: How do we perceive crime? --
1. America needs to rethink its approach to violence / Marc Schindler --
2. Countries need to consider the purpose of the criminal justice system / Richard Garside --
3. The "Treatment Years" approach should be used for mentally ill offenders / Yuval Melamed --
4. Alternative ideas like genomics should be considered in approaching punishment and rehabilitation / Sohail Inayatullah --
5. Drug crimes are the main driver of imprisonment / Jonathan Rothwell --
6. Drug laws can't be blamed for mass incarceration / David W. Murray, Brian Blake, and John Walters --
Chapter 5: How do we handle crime? --
1. Rehabilitation, not punishment, should be the focus in criminal justice / Etienne Benson --
2. Punishment is necessary, but mandatory minimum sentences may not be / Evan Bernick and Paul J. Larkin Jr. --
3. The entire criminal justice system needs a smarter approach / Michele L. Jawando and Chelsea Parsons --
4. Ending mass incarceration requires a focus on state policy / Peter Wagner --
5. We need to embrace alternative strategies for dealing with offenders / Bo Lozoff and Human Kindness Foundation --
Periodical and internet sources bibliography --
Organizations to contact .
