The American Gulag: The Correctional Industrial Complex in America
Published: January 1, 2001
"[T]he "criminal justice industrial complex" [-] is an industry run amok. It is awash with cash and profits beyond anyone's imagination. It needs crime. It needs victims."
The American Gulag: The Correctional Industrial Complex in America
Keywords:
economy, federal, incarceration, interest groups, media, Randall Shelden, research brief
Posted in Publications, Political Landscape
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