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Mary Looman and John Carl embarked on a project to reveal the insanity of one country, but in doing so, the reader discovers not one but two crazy countries. The first country is called prison; the second is called the United States of America. * Dr. Isaac Prilleltensky, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 60, No. 51, Dec. 2015 *

What sets this sobering, informative call to action from psychologist Looman and sociologist Carl apart from other critiques of American criminal justice is its central thesis: that the U.S. has effectively created a separate nation of 'legal aliens'--people born within the country but disenfranchised through incarceration-within its own borders...Though the authors state in the preface that their intended readers are 'criminal justice and correctional leadership, policy makers... and the academic community, ' this is a vital and informative read for any American citizen concerned with the present state of American justice. --Publishers Weekly Recommended for students of criminology and libraries with a strong criminal justice collection. --Library Journal

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Mary D. Looman is a Psychologist for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma with over 30 years of experience working in criminal justice and social service organizations. John D. Carl is an Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, at the University of Oklahoma with 20 years of experience in social work and teaching college courses in criminology.

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