Inferno : an anatomy of American punishment / Robert A. Ferguson.
- Ferguson, Robert A., 1942-2017
- Date:
- 2014
- Books
About this work
Description
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 the first steps toward a better, more just system.
Publication/Creation
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Physical description
xi, 337 pages ; 24 cm
Contributors
Contents
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineZUC.6Open shelves
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ISBN
- 0674728688
- 9780674728684