Joshua Page: 2 books
The Toughest Beat
Politics, Punishment, and the Prison Officers Union in California
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
In America today, one in every hundred adults is behind bars. As our prison population has exploded, 'law and order' interest groups have also grown -- in numbers and political clout. In The Toughest Beat, Joshua Page argues in crisp, vivid prose that the Golden State's prison boom fueled the rise...
Breaking the Pendulum
The Long Struggle Over Criminal Justice
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
The history of criminal justice in the U.S. is often described as a pendulum, swinging back and forth between strict punishment and lenient rehabilitation. While this view is common wisdom, it is wrong. In Breaking the Pendulum, Philip Goodman, Joshua Page, and Michelle Phelps systematically debunk...