Big prisons, big dreams: crime and the failure of America's penal system

Introduction: Big, dark secrets, and America's prison system

Prisons and crime

The growth of America's prison system

Raising questions about America's big prison system

Explaining prison growth in the United States: the materialist perspective

Prison effects: who gets locked up

The imprisonment binge and crime

The end of oil and the future of American prisons

A consuming culture.