Introduction
In the book addicted to incarceration, Pratt takes an evidence based approach to argue that America is addicted to incarcerating its population more than any other developed country in the world. This is at the backdrop of the fact that America is the most violent and crime laden industrialized country in the world, despite having the biggest prison system in the world (Platt, 2009). The modern America’s crime policy on incarceration follows the 20th century policies, which were characterized by the endless imprisonment of the population. These were the effects of the general consensus of opportunistic politicians, bureaucrats ...
