Inferno : an anatomy of American punishment /

Inferno : an anatomy of American punishment /

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Author / Creator:	Ferguson, Robert A., 1942- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, ©2014.
Description:	xi, 337 pages ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Punishment -- Philosophy. Punishment -- United States. Punishment. Punishment -- Philosophy. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9959115

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ISBN:	9780674728684 (cloth : alk. paper) : $29.95 0674728688 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-324) 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.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Intractable Problem
1. Punishment Misunderstood
2. The Ratchet Effect in Theory
3. The Mixed Signs in Suffering
4. The Legal Punishers
5. The Legally Punished
6. The Punitive Impulse in American Society
7. The Law against Itself
Coda: The Psychology of Punishment
Notes
Cases Cited
Further Reading
Credits
Index