The Toughest Beat(English, Paperback, Page Joshua)

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The Toughest Beat(English, Paperback, Page Joshua) is written by Page Joshua and published by Oxford University Press Inc. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199985073 (ISBN 10) and 9780199985074 (ISBN 13).

In America today, one in every hundred adults is behind bars. As our prison population has exploded, 'law and order' interest groups have also grown -- in numbers and political clout. In The Toughest Beat, Joshua Page argues in crisp, vivid prose that the Golden State's prison boom fueled the rise of one of the most politically potent and feared interest groups in the nation: the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA). As it made great strides for its members, the prison officers' union also fundamentally altered the composition and orientation of the penal field. The Toughest Beat is essential reading for anyone concerned with contemporary crime and punishment, interest group politics, and public sector labor unions.