The Jailer's Reckoning: How Mass Incarceration Is Damaging America by Kevin Smith will be published by Rowman and Littlefield on Nov. 5.
The book explores questions such as: Why did the United States become the world’s biggest jailer? And, just as importantly, what has it done to us? And what can we do about it?
A professor in the Department of Political Science, Smith studies the biology and psychology of individual-level differences in political attitudes and behavior. He has authored or co-authored numerous books and articles. Learn more about his research on Nebraska Today.
