TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ferguson,Robert A.
TI  - Inferno: an anatomy of American punishment 
SN  - 9780674728684 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - K 5103 .F47 2014 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Punishment
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -