Monstrous Offenders and the Search for Solidarity through Modern Punishment
In this article, Professor Kennedy examines the tremendous increase in the severity of punishment in America in recent decades. He posits that criminal punishment has come to serve as a new civic religion of sorts for a society worried about its ability to cohere. The depth of our anxieties about ou...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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| In: | Year: 2000 |
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