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Inferno : an anatomy of American punishment / Robert A. Ferguson.
- Title
- Inferno : an anatomy of American punishment / Robert A. Ferguson.
- Author
- Ferguson, Robert A., 1942-2017,
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | K5103 .F47 2014 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 337 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-324) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The 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.
- ISBN
- 9780674728684 (hbk.)
- 0674728688 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2013034386
- OCLC
- 857664292
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library