Smart on Crime: The Struggle to Build a Better American Penal System

The most punitive era in American history reached its apex in the 1990s, but the trend has reversed in recent years. Smart on Crime: The Struggle to Build a Better American Penal System examines the factors causing this turnaround. It relates and echoes the increasing need and desire on the part of the American government to construct a penal system that is more rational and humane.