Normalizing extreme imprisonment: the case of life without parole in California

Normalizing Extreme Imprisonment offers a new explanation for how penal reforms and those driving them can end up normalizing, in the sense of making the public view as acceptable, incredibly severe punitive practices. Since its introduction in 1978 as an alternative to the death penalty, there has...

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Main Author: Vannier, Marion (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2021
In:Year: 2021
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