Inferno : an anatomy of American punishment / Robert A. Ferguson.

By:

Ferguson, Robert A, 1942-2017 [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource (xi, 337 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780674369931
0674369939

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: InfernoDDC classification:

364.601 23

LOC classification:

K5103 .F47 2014eb

Other classification:

08.40

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Contents:

Introduction : 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 -- Coda : the psychology of punishment.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.