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Inferno : an anatomy of American punishment /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ferguson, Robert A., 1942-2017 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the intractable problem
  • Punishment misunderstood
  • The ratchet effect in theory
  • The mixed signs in suffering
  • The legal punishers
  • The legally punished
  • The punitive impulse in American society
  • The law against itself
  • Coda : the psychology of punishment.