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In Addicted to Incarceration, Pratt (2009) skillfully highlights the sources of propaganda that result in the continued overuse of incarceration as the main source of punishment in the United States. -- Bright Sarfo 20101019 Excellent supplemental text for my course! Examples are great- very accessible, readable book. -- Dr. Sue Escobar Adoption Reply Card 20080114

Excellent supplemental text for my course! Examples are great- very accessible, readable book. -- Dr. Sue Escobar Adoption Reply Card 20080114

Excellent supplemental text for my course! Examples are great- very accessible, readable book. -- Dr. Sue Escobar Adoption Reply Card 20080114 In Addicted to Incarceration, Pratt (2009) skillfully highlights the sources of propaganda that result in the continued overuse of incarceration as the main source of punishment in the United States. -- Bright Sarfo 20101019

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Travis C. Pratt received his degrees from Clark College, Washington State University (BA, Political Science; MA, Criminal Justice), and the University of Cincinnati (PhD, Criminal Justice). He has served on the faculty of the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-Newark, was the Director of the Program in Criminal Justice at Washington State University, and a Professor the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. He is currently a Fellow with the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute. His research and publications focus primarily on structural and integrated theories of crime and delinquency (including macro-level, multilevel, and individual-level approaches to the study of criminal/deviant behavior) and correctional policy (both institutional and community corrections). He has published over 100 articles that have appeared in the leading peer-reviewed journals in the field, including: Crime and Justice: A Review of Research; Criminology; Journal of Youth and Adolescence; Journal of Pediatrics; Journal of Quantitative Criminology; Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency; and, Justice Quarterly. He received the 2006 Ruth Shonle Cavan Outstanding Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology for his research and scholarship.

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