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Stigma, shame and hardship - this is the lot shared by families whose young men have been swept into prison. Braman reveals the devastating toll mass incarceration takes on the parents, partners, and children left behind. - Katherine S. Newman Donald Braman documents the profound economic and social consequences of the American policy of massive imprisonment of young African American males.... If we want to understand fully the impact of current criminal justice policies, this book should be required reading. - Mark Mauer, Assistant Director, The Sentencing Project Anyone concerned about the future of urban America should read this book. - Jeremy Travis, The Urban Institute

Stigma, shame and hardship - this is the lot shared by families whose young men have been swept into prison. Braman reveals the devastating toll mass incarceration takes on the parents, partners, and children left behind. - Katherine S. Newman Donald Braman documents the profound economic and social consequences of the American policy of massive imprisonment of young African American males.... If we want to understand fully the impact of current criminal justice policies, this book should be required reading. - Mark Mauer, Assistant Director, The Sentencing Project Anyone concerned about the future of urban America should read this book. - Jeremy Travis, The Urban Institute

"Stigma, shame and hardship - this is the lot shared by families whose young men have been swept into prison. Braman reveals the devastating toll mass incarceration takes on the parents, partners, and children left behind. - Katherine S. Newman """"Donald Braman documents the profound economic and social consequences of the American policy of massive imprisonment of young African American males.... If we want to understand fully the impact of current criminal justice policies, this book should be required reading."""" - Mark Mauer, Assistant Director, The Sentencing Project """"Anyone concerned about the future of urban America should read this book."""" - Jeremy Travis, The Urban Institute"

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Donald Braman is Associate Professor of Law at George Washington University. This is his first book.

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