Product Description: The numbers are eye-opening. In 2007, on any given day, 2.2 percent of all males in the United States were incarcerated, including 7.9 percent of all black males. Some 2.6 percent of white males , 7.7 percent of Hispanic males, and 16...read more

Product Description: Between 1975 and 2007, the American incarceration rate increased nearly fivefold, a historic increase that puts the United States in a league of its own among advanced economies. We incarcerate more people today than we ever have, and we stand out as the nation that most frequently uses incarceration to punish those who break the law...read more

Product Description: This study examines the theory that growing income inequality between the rich and the poor has been a contributing factor to the increasing homelessness in California. The authors examine a number of economic factors that affect homelessness, in particular the relationship between rent, household income, and homelessness in a number of locations...read more