Limited critical evaluation on the societal effect of rising
incarceration rates and construction of new facilities has been
available. Crime is not at an alltime high in America or uniquely
an American problem, yet no other country relies on incarceration
as much as the United States. In this book, knowledgeable
professionals show how current policy can create more violence
instead of reducing it. The consensus of 26 contributors,
disciplines including correctional administrators, physicians,
criminologists, lawyers, and volunteers, is that mass incarceration
propagates the violent subculture of prison on the streets. Editor
John P. May, a practicing physician and leading expert in
correctional health care, suggests that perhaps the best service
people can do for some caught in the criminal justice system is to
get them out as soon as possible, and the best service for society
is to incarcerate fewer. Building Violence urges readers to rethink
the incarceration policy, especially as it intersects with race,
social class, gender, morality, technology, the media,
profiteering, and legislated messages of prejudice, fear, and
violence. This crisply written book is ideal for interdisciplinary
study and reference in the fields of criminal justice, criminology,
corrections, sociology, mental health, human rights, education,
law, and administration.
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