Unusually cruel : prisons, punishment, and the real American exceptionalism / Marc Morjé Howard.
Unusually cruel : prisons, punishment, and the real American exceptionalism / Marc Morjé Howard.
Unusually cruel : prisons, punishment, and the real American exceptionalism / Marc Morjé Howard.
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New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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G 2020/0358
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English
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xvii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- Plea bargaining -- Sentencing -- Prison conditions -- Rehabilitation -- Parole -- Societal reentry -- Explaining American punitiveness : race, religion, politics, and business -- Conclusion.
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New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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"The United States incarcerates far more people than any other country in the world, at rates nearly ten times higher than other liberal democracies. Indeed, while the U.S. is home to 5 percent of the world's population, it contains nearly 25 percent of its prisoners. But the extent of American cruelty goes beyond simply locking people up. At every...
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Unusually cruel : prisons, punishment, and the real American exceptionalism / Marc Morjé Howard.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-265) and index.
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©2017
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G 2020/0358
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74VKawoNK6gg
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ISBN
0190659343 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780190659332 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0190659335 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9780190659349 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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365.973
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991024285118302626
