The construction of intolerable punishments: On the value of documenting the pains of old prisoners

This article closely reviews a selection of criminology studies on the pains of older prisoners to examine the construction of a particular type of ‘intolerable’ punishment. The term ‘intolerable’ depicts the moral line between acceptable state punitive treatments and those that become so unbearable...

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Main Author: Vannier, Marion (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Theoretical criminology
Year: 2025, Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 452-468
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