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082 0 4 _a823/.009/352
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aFerguson, Robert A.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aInferno :
_bAn Anatomy of American Punishment /
_cRobert A. Ferguson.
264 1 _aCambridge, MA :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c[2014]
264 4 _c©2014
300 _a1 online resource (352 p.)
336 _atext
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction The Intractable Problem --
_t1. Punishment Misunderstood --
_t2. The Rachet Effect in Theory --
_t3. The Mixed Signs in Suffering --
_t4. The Legal Punishers --
_t5. The Legally Punished --
_t6. The Punitive Impulse in American Society --
_t7. The Law against Itself --
_tCoda The Psychology of Punishment --
_tNotes --
_tCases Cited --
_tFurther Reading --
_tCredits --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aAmerica's criminal justice system is broken. The United States punishes at a higher per capita rate than any other country in the world. In the last twenty years, incarceration rates have risen 500 percent. Sentences are harsh, prisons are overcrowded, life inside is dangerous, and rehabilitation programs are ineffective. Police and prosecutors operate in the dark shadows of the legal process--sometimes resigning themselves to the status quo, sometimes turning a profit from it. The courts define punishment as "time served," but that hardly begins to explain the suffering of prisoners. Looking not only to court records but to works of philosophy, history, and literature for illumination, Robert Ferguson, a distinguished law professor, diagnoses all parts of a now massive, out-of-control punishment regime. He reveals the veiled pleasure behind the impulse to punish (which confuses our thinking about the purpose of punishment), explains why over time all punishment regimes impose greater levels of punishment than originally intended, and traces a disturbing gap between our ability to quantify pain and the precision with which penalties are handed down. Ferguson turns the spotlight from the debate over legal issues to the real plight of prisoners, addressing not law professionals but the American people. Do we want our prisons to be this way? Or are we unaware, or confused, or indifferent, or misinformed about what is happening? Acknowledging the suffering of prisoners and understanding what punishers do when they punish are the first steps toward a better, more just system.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)
650 0 _aPunishment -- Philosophy.
650 0 _aPunishment -- United States.
650 0 _aPunishment
_xPhilosophy.
650 0 _aPunishment
_zUnited States.
650 7 _aLAW / Legal History.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674369931
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