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Inferno : An Anatomy of American Punishment.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (352 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674369931
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: InfernoDDC classification:
  • 364.601
LOC classification:
  • K5103
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Intractable Problem -- 1. Punishment Misunderstood -- 2. The Rachet Effect in Theory -- 3. The Mixed Signs in Suffering -- 4. The Legal Punishers -- 5. The Legally Punished -- 6. The Punitive Impulse in American Society -- 7. The Law Against Itself -- Coda: The Psychology of Punishment -- Notes -- Cases Cited -- Further Reading -- Credits -- Index.
Summary: Robert Ferguson diagnoses all parts of a massive, out-of-control punishment regime. Turning the spotlight on the plight of prisoners, he asks the American people, Do we want our prisons to be this way? Acknowledging the suffering of prisoners and understanding what punishers do when they punish are the first steps toward a better, more just system.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Intractable Problem -- 1. Punishment Misunderstood -- 2. The Rachet Effect in Theory -- 3. The Mixed Signs in Suffering -- 4. The Legal Punishers -- 5. The Legally Punished -- 6. The Punitive Impulse in American Society -- 7. The Law Against Itself -- Coda: The Psychology of Punishment -- Notes -- Cases Cited -- Further Reading -- Credits -- Index.

Robert Ferguson diagnoses all parts of a massive, out-of-control punishment regime. Turning the spotlight on the plight of prisoners, he asks the American people, Do we want our prisons to be this way? Acknowledging the suffering of prisoners and understanding what punishers do when they punish are the first steps toward a better, more just system.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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