{"product_id":"9780814743249","title":"Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver two million people are incarcerated in America’s prisons and jails, eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing, parole agencies intent on sending people back to prison, three-strike laws, for-profit prisons, and other changes in the legal system have contributed to this spectacular rise of the general prison population.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter overseeing the largest city jail system in the country, Michael Jacobson knows first-hand the inner workings of the corrections system. In \u003cb\u003eDownsizing Prisons\u003c\/b\u003e, he convincingly argues that mass incarceration will not, as many have claimed, reduce crime nor create more public safety. Simply put, throwing away the key is not the answer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47110073155824,"sku":"9780814743249","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780814743249_p0.jpg?v=1763745860","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780814743249","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}