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Publications : The Agenda Rapid Response Volumes

The Agenda Rapid Response Volumes

  • Social Problems in the Age of COVID-19 Volume 1
  • Social Problems in the Age of COVID-19 Volume 2

Beyond Bars: A Path Forward from 50 Years of Mass Incarceration in the United States

Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) and The Sentencing Project, this book provides accessible insights into the pressing social problem of 50 years of mass incarceration in the United States. It proposes actionable solutions for the severity and cost of punishment, problems during imprisonment, problems with release and reentry, and other persistent punishments like exclusion from voting and collateral consequences for children of incarcerated parents.


Open Access

Beyond Bars: A Path Forward from 50 Years of Mass Incarceration in the United States is now available via Open Access, due to the financial support of The Sentencing Project. For access click here.

    

   

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2023 Committee Members

Kristen M. Budd, Chair 
The Sentencing Project

Glenn W. Muschert 
Khalifa University of Science and Technology

Heather E. Dillaway
Illinois State University

David C. Lane
Illinois State University

Manjusha Nair 
George Mason University

Jason A. Smith
George Mason University

Table of Contents

Editors: Kristen M. Budd, David C. Lane, Glenn W. Muschert, and Jason A. Smith

Front Matter

Presidential Welcome

Shirley A. Jackson

Editorial Introduction

       Kristen M. Budd

Foreword

       Marc Mauer

Content

Chapter 1. Mass Incarceration's Lifetime Guarantee

Ashley Nellis

Chapter 2. Monetary Sanctions in the Age of Mass Incarceration:
                  Addressing the Harms of Mass Criminal Legal Debt

Michele Cadigan, Alexes Harris, and Tyler Smith

Chapter 3. Mass Incarceration and the Problem of Prison Labor

Yvonne Braun and Kaelyn Polick-Kirkpatrick

Chapter 4. The Promise of Higher Education in Prison and Beyond

Elyshia Aseltine

Chapter 5. Mass incarceration and the Collateral Problems of Parole

Kimberly D. Richman

Chapter 6. Housing instability and the Criminal Legal System

R. Neil Greene and Noah Painter-Davis

Chapter 7. Reentry and Public Policy Solutions: Addressing Barriers to Housing and Employment

Maria Valdovinos Olson

Chapter 8. The Denial of Voting Rights to People with Criminal Records 

Chris Uggen, Ryan Larson, Sarah Shannon, and Rob Stewart

Chapter 9. The Impact of Mass Incarceration on Children of Incarcerated Parents

Kate Luther

Chapter 10. The End of Mass Incarceration: Opportunities for Reform

Francis T. Cullen, Justin T. Pickett, and Cheryl Lero Jonson

End Matter

Closing Remarks

Kara Gotsch

Afterword

Kristin Turney

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