Vanessa Barker is Assistant Professor of Criminology at Florida State University.

• Preface ; 1. The Democratic Process & Imprisonment ; 2. Explaining Penal Regime Variation: Political Structures & Collective Agency ; 3. The Case of California: Neo-populism & Retribution ; 4. Washington State Deliberates: From Fortress Prison to De-escalation ; 5. New York: Elite Pragmatism & Managerialism ; 6. Democratic Governance, Social Trust & Penal Order ; Appendix A: Selected US Imprisonment Rates, 1971-2006

Given the significant contribution Barker has made to the growing governance literature, scholars would be well served to further explore the constructs that Barker identifies and apply them across other contexts.

Vanessa Barker is Assistant Professor of Criminology at Florida State University.

• Preface ; 1. The Democratic Process & Imprisonment ; 2. Explaining Penal Regime Variation: Political Structures & Collective Agency ; 3. The Case of California: Neo-populism & Retribution ; 4. Washington State Deliberates: From Fortress Prison to De-escalation ; 5. New York: Elite Pragmatism & Managerialism ; 6. Democratic Governance, Social Trust & Penal Order ; Appendix A: Selected US Imprisonment Rates, 1971-2006

Given the significant contribution Barker has made to the growing governance literature, scholars would be well served to further explore the constructs that Barker identifies and apply them across other contexts.

Vanessa Barker is Assistant Professor of Criminology at Florida State University.

• Preface ; 1. The Democratic Process & Imprisonment ; 2. Explaining Penal Regime Variation: Political Structures & Collective Agency ; 3. The Case of California: Neo-populism & Retribution ; 4. Washington State Deliberates: From Fortress Prison to De-escalation ; 5. New York: Elite Pragmatism & Managerialism ; 6. Democratic Governance, Social Trust & Penal Order ; Appendix A: Selected US Imprisonment Rates, 1971-2006

Given the significant contribution Barker has made to the growing governance literature, scholars would be well served to further explore the constructs that Barker identifies and apply them across other contexts.