Unusually Cruel - Prisons, Punishment, and the Real American Exceptionalism

Zusatztext Howard makes a convincing case that we have much to learn from other nations about our criminal justice system, and he provides a practical approach for recalibrating it to one that is both effective and fair. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext In Unusually Cruel, Mark Morjé Howard shows how far outside the norm-and how different from systems in other advanced, industrial democracies-US prisons are. Zusammenfassung In Unusually Cruel, Mark Morjé Howard shows how far outside the norm--and how different from systems in other advanced, industrial democracies--US prisons are.

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• Autori: Marc Morje Howard, Marc Morjé Howard, Marc Morje (Professor of Government and La Howard, Marc MorjT Howard
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9780190659332
• ISBN: 978-0-19-065933-2
• Pagine: 296
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; USA, Amerika, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Politics / Current Events, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State & Provincial, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Privacy & Surveillance (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Privacy & Surveillance), Comparative Politics, United States of America, USA, Penology and punishment, Prisons