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Abstract: 

Our book review editor, Russ Immarigeon, has reviewed five books that comment on very current issues in corrections. “What’s Wrong With the Poor? Psychiatry, Race, and the War on Poverty” by Mical Raz, The University of North Carolina Press; “Towards a Surveillant Society: The Rise of Surveillance Systems in Europe” by Thomas Mathiesen, Waterside Press; “Inferno: An Anatomy of American Punishment” by Robert A. Ferguson, Harvard University Press; “The Punitive Turn: New Approaches to Race and Incarceration” edited by Deborah E. McDowell, Claudrena N. Harold, and Juan Battle, University of Virginia Press; “Justice Reinvestment: Can the Criminal Justice System Deliver More for Less?” by Chris Fox, Kevin Albertson, and Kevin Wong, Routledge

Keywords: race and incarceration; surveillance; punishment; justice reinvestment

Affiliations:  1: Contributing Editor.