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050 00 $aK5103$b.F47 2014
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100 1 $aFerguson, Robert A.,$d1942-$eauthor.
245 10 $aInferno :$ban anatomy of American punishment /$cRobert A. Ferguson.
264 1 $aCambridge, Massachusetts :$bHarvard University Press,$c2014.
300 $axi, 337 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 251-324) and index.
505 0 $aThe intractable problem -- 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 -- 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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