Unusually cruel : prisons, punishment, and the real American exceptionalism / Marc Morjé Howard.
2017
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Author
Title
Unusually cruel : prisons, punishment, and the real American exceptionalism / Marc Morjé Howard.
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Call Number
HV8139 .H69 2017
ISBN
9780190659332 hardcover ; alkaline paper
0190659335 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780190659349 paperback ; alkaline paper
0190659343 paperback ; alkaline paper
0190659335 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780190659349 paperback ; alkaline paper
0190659343 paperback ; alkaline paper
Description
xvii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)960030233
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Figures and Table
ix
Preface
xi
1.
Introduction
1
2.
Plea Bargaining
24
3.
Sentencing
41
4.
Prison Conditions
61
5.
Rehabilitation
86
6.
Parole
107
7.
Societal Reentry
131
8.
Explaining American Punitiveness: Race, Religion, Politics, and Business
149
9.
Conclusion
185
Notes
201
References
233
Index
267