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Quotes from The Prison and the Gallows: The Politics of Mass Incarceration in America — Marie Gottschalk

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Americans have been habituated throughout much of their history to indulge in a politics of moralism and law and order in the context of a state that, until recently, had rather limited capacity and legitimacy in the area of law enforcement.

The Prison and the Gallows: The Politics of Mass Incarceration in America (2006)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Marie Gottschalk (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.