Ferguson, Robert A.

Inferno

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ISBN 13:: 9780674983939
author:: Ferguson, Robert A.
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Harvard University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2018
Pages:: 352
Dimensions:: 156 mm X 235 mm
Genre:: 23.5 x 15.6 centimetres (0.67 kg, Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Penology,
Condition:: New
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The United States punishes at a higher per capita rate than any other country in the world. In the last twenty years, incarceration rates have risen 500 percent. Robert Ferguson, a distinguished law professor, diagnoses all parts of a now massive, out-of-control punishment regime. Ferguson examines court records, philosophy, history, and literature to understand the causes of this phenomenon. He argues that rehabilitation programs are ineffective and that conditions in prisons can be inhumane. This book is an important effort to challenge our heavy reliance on imprisonment. A balanced and thoughtful analysis, Inferno offers a nuanced understanding of America's criminal justice system.

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