This manuscript provides an overview of state-level research on penal change in the United
States in the latter half of the twentieth century. It outlines how research focused on …

This manuscript examines whether certain fundamental demographic changes in age
structures across racial groups might help explain incarceration rates in the United States …

In recent years, actors from across the political spectrum concerned about the expansion of
the US carceral state have pointed to the fiscal impacts of incarceration in a time of public …

A detailed examination of the limitations and pitfalls of pursuing the community-based reform
movement in the American criminal justice system. As the extent of America's mass …

At a moment when there is a great deal of enthusiasm for reforming the prison system in the
United States, a number of states across the country have enacted legislation that aims to …

Abstract Across the United States, legal fines and fees generate millions of dollars per year
in revenue despite widening the net of criminalization and increasing penal severity for …

One of the most extraordinary social science phenomena of the postwar period has been the
rise in violent crime in large American cities from the 1970s to the mid 1990s and the …

This dissertation argues that mass incarceration in the United States occurred through a
process of fragmented state-building. Institutional fragmentation both spurred the political …

This dissertation argues that mass incarceration in the United States occurred through a
process of fragmented state-building. Institutional fragmentation both spurred the political …