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The Toughest Beat: Politics, Punishment, and the Prison Officers Union in California

The Toughest Beat: Politics, Punishment, and the Prison Officers Union in California

Page, Joshua

Paperback

Series: Studies in Crime and Public Policy

CriminologyGeneral LawGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0199985073
ISBN13: 9780199985074
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Feb 1 2013
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
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.

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