Cruel and unusual : the culture of punishment in America /

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The statistics are startling. Since 1973, America's imprisonment rate has multiplied over five times to become the highest in the world. More than two million inmates reside in state and federal prisons. What does this say about our attitudes toward criminals and punishment? What does it say ab...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cusac, Anne-Marie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Punishment > United States > History.
Prisons > United States > History.
Prison administration > United States > History.
Prisoners > United States > Social conditions.
Prisons > États-Unis > Histoire.
Prisons > Administration > États-Unis > Histoire.
Prisonniers > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
71.65 criminality as a social problem.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Prison administration.
Prisoners > Social conditions.
Prisons.
Punishment.
Strafe
Strafvollzug
Straffen.
Culturele aspecten.
United States.
USA
Verenigde Staten.
History.
History (form)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: American living in a time of punishment
  • When punishment is the subject, religion is the predicate
  • "A heart is not wholly corrupted" : revolution, religion, punishment
  • Reforming the reforms
  • Punishment creep
  • Vigilantism and progressivism
  • The devilish generation
  • Flogging for Jesus
  • Pain becomes valuable again
  • Pop culture and the criminal element
  • Stunning technology
  • The return to restraint
  • Abu Ghraib, USA
  • Epilogue: A little good news.

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