Presidents and Mass Incarceration: Choices at the Top, Repercussions at the Bottom

Cover\nTitle\nCopyright\nContents\nPreface\nAcknowledgments\nChapter 1. Introduction: The Politics of U.S. Mass Incarceration\n	History of Law-and-Order Politics\n	Race and Crime\n	Presidential Power and Leadership\nChapter 2. President Johnson’s Safe Streets: The First Federal Anti-Crime Entrepreneur\nChapter 3. President Nixon’s Crime and Drug Wars: Bleeding-Heart Liberals and Lawlessness\n	Mandatory Minimum Sentencing\nChapter 4. President Ford Goes Victims’ Rights and President Carter Goes Soft on Crime\n	President Jimmy Carter, “Soft on Crime”\nChapter 5. President Reagan Declares All-Out War on Crime and Drugs\n	Note\nChapter 6. President George H. W. Bush Follows President Reagan’s Lead\nChapter 7. President Clinton’s Three Strikes and You’re Out\nChapter 8. President George W. Bush: Homeland Security and the War on Terrorism\nChapter 9. President Obama’s New Law and Order: Illegal Immigration, Private Prisons, and Executive Orders\nChapter 10. President Trump: Law and Order, Politics of Fear, Alternative Facts, and the Rule of Law\nChapter 11. Conclusion: Choices at the Top, Devastating Repercussions at the Bottom\nBibliography\nIndex\nAbout the Author