Books written by Marc Mauer

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  Race to Incarcerate

  BUSH. YEARS. So many of the problems we worry about go back to how we raise our children. We either build our children or we build more jails. Time to stop building jails. —General Colin Powell, Address to the 2000 Republican National ...

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  The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences

  Few observers would say the choice to feature Willie Horton, a black man, as the poster child for harsher punishment during George H.W. Bush's 1988 presidential campaign was coincidental. Indeed, on his deathbed, Lee Atwater, ...

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  Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling

  "Do not underestimate the power of the book you are holding in your hands." —Michelle Alexander More than 2 million people are now imprisoned in the United States, producing the highest rate of incarceration in the world.

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  Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment

  This book looks at the consequences of these policies twenty years later.

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  Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment

  This powerful book demands our fierce attention.” —Toni Morrison Policing the Black Man explores and critiques the many ways the criminal justice system impacts the lives of African American boys and men at every stage of the criminal ...

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  Race to Incarcerate

  An updated account of the explosion in America's prison population.

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  Regaining the Vote: An Assessment of Activity Relating to Felon Disenfranchisment Laws

  Two reports on the issue of felony disenfranchisement.