Big House on the Prairie
Rise of the Rural Ghetto and Prison Proliferation
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Glossary
One / Introduction: The Causes and Consequences of the Prison Boom
PART I: PRISON PLACEMENT
Two / Have you Seen My Backyard? Rural Ecology, Disrepute, and Prison Placement
Three / “It’s Like the City, Only Quieter”: Making the Rural Ghetto
Four / Finding Beauty in the Hideous: Prison Placement as Reputation Management
Five / How Not in My Backyard Became Please in My Backyard: Toward a Model of Prison Placement
PART II: PRISON IMPACT
Six / The Prison in My Backyard: Reconsidering Impact
Seven / The Tarnished Jewel of the Delta: Continuity and Change in Caste, Class, and Disrepute
Eight / Bringing Down the Big House: The Political Economy of Prison Proliferation
Acknowledgments
Methodological Appendix A
Methodological Appendix B
Works Cited
Index
Society for the Study of Social Problems: C. Wright Mills Award
Finalist
Sociology: Criminology, Delinquency, Social Control | Race, Ethnic, and Minority Relations | Urban and Rural Sociology
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