The Idea of Prison Abolition

An incisive and sympathetic examination of the case for ending the practice of imprisonmentDespite its omnipresence and long history, imprisonment is a deeply troubling practice. In the United States and elsewhere, prison conditions are inhumane, prisoners are treated without dignity, and sentences...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Shelby, Tommie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Imprisonment > Social aspects.
Imprisonment.
Alternatives to imprisonment.
PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Imprisonment > Social aspects > United States.
Imprisonment > United States.
United States.
United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Reform or Abolition?
  • Chapter 1. Army of the Wronged: Political Prisoners and Black Radicalism
  • Chapter 2. The Uses and Abuses of Incarceration: Punishment, Dehumanization, and Slavery
  • Chapter 3. A Broken System? Racism and Functional Critique
  • Chapter 4. The Prison Industrial Complex: Profit, Privatization, and the Circumstances of Injustice
  • Chapter 5. Responding to Crime: Incarceration and Its Alternatives
  • Chapter 6. Dreaming Big: Utopian Imagination and Structural Transformation
  • Notes
  • Index

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