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The Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
Few other books have created such a lasting storm of controversy as The Origin of Species. Darwin’s theory that species derive from other species by a gradual evolutionary process and that the average level of each species is heightened by the “survival of the fittest” stirred up popular debate to fever pitch. Its acceptance revolutionized the course of science.
Prisons Today: Questions in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Interpretive Lenses (Video, Audio, Images)
A Sinking Jail: The Environmental Disaster that is Riker’s Island
Contemporary News & Media Coverage
“If They Hand You a Paper, You Sign It”: A Call to End the Sterilization of Women in Prison
Critical Essays
Post-Racial Racism: Racial Stratification and Mass Incarceration in the Age of Obama
Critical Essays
California's Prison Sterilizations Reportedly Echoes the Eugenics Era
Contemporary News & Media Coverage
