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Author Ferguson, Robert A., 1942-2017 author.

Title Inferno : an anatomy of American punishment / Robert A. Ferguson.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 337 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Robert Ferguson diagnoses all parts of a massive, out-of-control punishment regime. Turning the spotlight on the plight of prisoners, he asks the American people, Do we want our prisons to be this way? Acknowledging the suffering of prisoners and understanding what punishers do when they punish are the first steps toward a better, more just system.
Contents Introduction : the intractable problem -- Punishment misunderstood -- The ratchet effect in theory -- The mixed signs in suffering -- The legal punishers -- The legally punished -- The punitive impulse in American society -- The law against itself -- Coda : the psychology of punishment.
Note Print version record.
Subject Punishment -- Philosophy.
Punishment -- United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
Punishment. (OCoLC)fst01084107
Punishment -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01084116
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Ferguson, Robert A., 1942- author. Inferno 9780674728684 (DLC) 2013034386 (OCoLC)857664292
ISBN 9780674369931 (electronic bk.)
0674369939 (electronic bk.)
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