Mass Incarceration on Trial: A Remarkable Court Decision and the Future of Prisons in America. By Jonathan Simon. New York: The New Press, 2014. pp. 224. $26.95 cloth.

• Published date: 01 March 2015
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/lasr.12134
• Date: 01 March 2015

face the possibility of “delegalization” and subsequent deportation

(Shahani 2006). However, a single introductory volume necessarily

can only scratch the surface in addressing the many questions that

scholars have addressed concerning the convergence between

immigration control and criminal justice.

Governing Immigration Through Crime provides a valuable intro-

duction for scholars, practitioners, and students interested in the

many ways in which the norms and practices of immigration control

and criminal justice have converged. Dowling and Inda have com-

piled a solid collection of essays representing an impressively wide

range of disciplinary perspectives, and they helpfully frame those

essays with their own thoughtful introduction and suggestions for

additional reading. The volume is a useful resource for anyone

seeking an entry point into this dynamic area of scholarship.

References

Eagly, Ingrid V (2010) “Local Immigration Prosecution: A Study of Arizona Before SB

1070.” 58 UCLA Law Review 1749.

Kalhan, Anil (2014) “Immigration Surveillance.” 74 Maryland Law Review 1.

Meissner, Doris, et al. (2013) Immigration Enforcement in the United States: The Rise of a

FormidableMachinery. Washington DC: Migration Policy Institute.

Shahani, Aarti (2006) “Legalization and De-Legalization.” Gotham Gazette. Available at:

http://old.gothamgazette.com/article/immigrants/20060404/11/1808 (accessed

December 10, 2014).

Simon, Jonathan (2007) Governing Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed

American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear. Oxford, New York: Oxford

University Press.

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Mass Incarceration on Trial: A Remarkable Court Decision and the

Future of Prisons in America. By Jonathan Simon. New York: The

New Press, 2014. pp. 224. $26.95 cloth.

Reviewed by Hadar Aviram, Hastings College of the Law, University

of California

Hidden from sight and forgotten from mind, American prisons

in the last forty years have been horrific Petri dishes for medical

neglect, interpersonal cruelty, and unspeakable conditions.

California, which incarcerates the largest number of inmates

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