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100 1 _aFerguson, Robert A.,
_d1942-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aInferno :
_ban anatomy of American punishment /
_cRobert A. Ferguson.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c2014.
300 _axi, 337 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPunishment 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.
520 _aRobert 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.
650 0 _aPunishment
_xPhilosophy.
650 0 _aPunishment
_zUnited States.
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