Presidents and Mass Incarceration
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Politics of U.S. Mass Incarceration -- History of Law-and-Order Politics -- Race and Crime -- Presidential Power and Leadership -- Chapter 2. President Johnson's Safe Streets: The First Federal Anti-Crime Entrepreneur -- Chapter 3. President Nixon's Crime and Drug Wars: Bleeding-Heart Liberals and Lawlessness -- Mandatory Minimum Sentencing -- Chapter 4. President Ford Goes Victims' Rights and President Carter Goes Soft on Crime -- President Jimmy Carter, "Soft on Crime" -- Chapter 5. President Reagan Declares All-Out War on Crime and Drugs -- Note -- Chapter 6. President George H. W. Bush Follows President Reagan's Lead -- Chapter 7. President Clinton's Three Strikes and You're Out -- Chapter 8. President George W. Bush: Homeland Security and the War on Terrorism -- Chapter 9. President Obama's New Law and Order: Illegal Immigration, Private Prisons, and Executive Orders -- Chapter 10. President Trump: Law and Order, Politics of Fear, Alternative Facts, and the Rule of Law -- Chapter 11. Conclusion: Choices at the Top, Devastating Repercussions at the Bottom -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.