The Toughest Beat
Politics, Punishment, and the Prison Officers Union in California
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:1st Feb '13
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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 of one of the most politically potent and feared interest groups in the nation: the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA). As it made great strides for its members, the prison officers' union also fundamentally altered the composition and orientation of the penal field. The Toughest Beat is essential reading for anyone concerned with contemporary crime and punishment, interest group politics, and public sector labor unions.
Page is even-handed in his analysis...The Toughest Beat makes for fascinating reading. * Sacramento News and Review *
By linking the penal field to politics, The Toughest Beat joins an emerging literature on the politics of punishing...Page advances this literature by developing a mechanism to trace the interaction of effects of key relationships on penal outcomes. It will certainly influence the direction of future research as scholars try to apply this concept to other times and spaces. * The American Journal of Sociology *
It is refreshing to read an account of prison life and policy that so effectively combines political analysis with sociological research. The Toughest Beat is original, influential and makes a significant contribution to penology, political economy/sociology, criminology and social science more broadly. * Contemporary Sociology *
- Winner of Winner of the Law and Society Association's 2012 Herbert Jacob Book Prize Honorable Mention, 2013 ASA Sociology of Law Section Distinguished Book Award.
ISBN: 9780199985074
Dimensions: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
Weight: 499g
312 pages