Cruel and unusual : the culture of punishment in America / Anne-Marie Cusac.
Cruel and unusual : the culture of punishment in America / Anne-Marie Cusac.
Cruel and unusual : the culture of punishment in America / Anne-Marie Cusac.
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New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, c2009.
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N364.60973/7
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English
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xii, 318 p. ; 24 cm.
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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 -- Floggin...
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New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, c2009.
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Connecticut
Date Published
c2009.
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"The statistics are startling. Since 1973, America's imprisonment rate has increased more than five times and is now 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 about us?"
"This book explores the cultural evolution of punishment practices in the United States. Anne-Marie Cusac first looks at punishment in the nation's early days, when Americans repudiated Old World cruelty toward criminals and emphasized rehabilitation over retribution. This attitude persisted for some 200 years, but in recent decades we have abandon...
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Cruel and unusual : the culture of punishment in America / Anne-Marie Cusac.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2009.
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0300111746 (hbk.)
9780300111743 (hbk.)
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364.60973
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991002214249702626
