RT Book
T1 Cruel and unusual: the culture of punishment in America
A1 Cusac, Anne-Marie
LA English
PP New Haven, Conn. u.a.
PB Yale University Press
YR 2009
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/581011627
AB Introduction: American living in a time of punishment -- When punishment is the subject, religion is the predicate -- "A heart is not wholly corrupted" : revolution, religion, punishment -- Reforming the reforms -- Punishment creep -- Vigilantism and progressivism -- The devilish generation -- Flogging for Jesus -- Pain becomes valuable again -- Pop culture and the criminal element -- Stunning technology -- The return to restraint -- Abu Ghraib, USA -- Epilogue: A little good news
NO Originally published: 2009. - Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV8693
SN 9780300111743
SN 9780300168013
K1 Punishment : United States : History
K1 Prisons : United States : History
K1 Prison administration : United States : History
K1 Prisoners : United States : Social conditions
K1 USA : Strafe : Strafvollzug