Table of Contents

Preface 1: The Problem of Concentrated Incarceration 2: Incarceration and crime 3: The Problem of Mass Incarceration Concentrated in Poor Places 4: Communities, Coercive Mobility, and Public Safety 5: Death by a Thousand Little Cuts: Studies of the Impact of Incarceration 6: In Their Own Voices: People in High Incarceration Communities Talk about the Impact of Incarceration 7: The Impact of Incarceration on Community Safety 8: Dealing with Concentrated Incarceration-the Case for Community Justice Appendix: Imagining a Strategy of Community Justice Bibliography Index

About the Author

Todd R. Clear is a Distinguished Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and founding editor of the journal Criminology & Public Policy. He is the author of eleven books and numerous articles and book chapters on criminal justice issues ranging from corrections and sentencing to community justice.

Reviews

"This ambitious book is more than an indictment of the status quo. Clear also offers a compelling new vision for justice, one that would rebuild the same communities that have suffered such enormous harm. Anyone interested in crime policy should read this book."--Jeremy Travis, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
"Timely and compelling."--Harvard Law Review
"Clear's analysis shows how mass incarceration disrupts the moving parts of neighborhood life and corrodes neighborhood capacity for self-regulation... This is required reading for those searching for the foundations of a principled punishment policy."--Jeffrey Fagan, Professor of Law and Public Health, Columbia University