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Locked Up: Prosecutors, Voters, and the Future of Mass Incarceration in the United States

Fink, Justin Andrew
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1619545943451178

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2021, Bachelor of Arts, Ohio University, Political Science.
Mass incarceration is a widely recognized problem not just in the United States but around the world. However, in the United States in particular, there is a widespread consensus that too many people are being incarcerated and for too long. This thesis aims to examine the issue of mass incarceration in the United States while analyzing both the power of and the role that prosecutors have as they contribute to the issue of mass incarceration. Specifically, this thesis examines the role of the prosecutor both as a contribution to mass incarceration in the United but also as a source of reform. However, it is only through the organizing of voters that reform-minded prosecutors may be elected and have the opportunity to reform the system in the United States. This thesis suggests that we are at a critical moment in time as the birth of a reformative movement begins and the future of both the criminal justice system and mass incarceration in the United States can be determined by both the role of the prosecutor and voters in the United States.
John Gilliom (Advisor)
46 p.
Criminology; Law; Legal Studies; Political Science
Mass incarceration, reform, progressive, prosecutor, district attorney, United States, criminal justice system, criminal justice reform,

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  • Fink, J. A. (2021). Locked Up: Prosecutors, Voters, and the Future of Mass Incarceration in the United States [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1619545943451178

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fink, Justin. Locked Up: Prosecutors, Voters, and the Future of Mass Incarceration in the United States. 2021. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1619545943451178.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fink, Justin. "Locked Up: Prosecutors, Voters, and the Future of Mass Incarceration in the United States." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1619545943451178

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