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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cusac, Anne-Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
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)
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Cruel and unusual : the culture of punishment in America /
by Cusac, Anne-Marie
Published 2009
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