Marc Morjé Howard

Unusually Cruel

Prisons, Punishment, and the Real American Exceptionalism

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Produktbeschreibung

In Unusually Cruel, Mark Morj¿oward shows how far outside the norm¿and how different from systems in other advanced, industrial democracies¿US prisons are.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 155mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9780190659349
• ISBN-10: 0190659343
• Artikelnr.: 48974179

Autorenporträt

Marc Morjé Howard is Professor of Government and Law and Director of the Prison Reform Initiative at Georgetown University. He is also the author of The Politics of Citizenship in Europe.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1) Introduction
2) Plea Bargaining
3) Sentencing
4) Prison Conditions
5) Rehabilitation
6) Parole
7) Societal Reentry
8) Explaining American Punitiveness
Race, Religion, Politics, and Business
9) Conclusion
References