Cruel and unusual : the culture of punishment in America / Anne-Marie Cusac.

The statistics are startling. Since 1973, America's imprisonment rate has multiplied over five times to become 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 ab...

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Main Author: Cusac, Anne-Marie (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.
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