Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - In: Crime, Law and Social Change 61 (2014) 3, pp. 251-271
The United States is often hailed as the world's largest 'free market'. But this 'free market' is also the world's largest penal colony. It holds over seven million adults – roughly five per cent of the labour force – in jail, in prison, on parole and on probation. Is this an anomaly, or...