LEADER 03733nam 2200589 450 001 9910810533303321 005 20230803195414.0 010 $a0-674-36993-9 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674369931 035 $a(CKB)2670000000543820 035 $a(EBL)3301397 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001134094 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11676223 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001134094 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11183677 035 $a(PQKB)10035399 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301397 035 $a(DE-B1597)427282 035 $a(OCoLC)979627359 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674369931 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301397 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10841961 035 $a(OCoLC)871257911 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000543820 100 $a20140314h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInferno $ean anatomy of American punishment /$fRobert A. Ferguson 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts ;$aLondon, England :$cHarvard University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (352 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-674-72868-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction The Intractable Problem --$t1. Punishment Misunderstood --$t2. The Rachet Effect in Theory --$t3. The Mixed Signs in Suffering --$t4. The Legal Punishers --$t5. The Legally Punished --$t6. The Punitive Impulse in American Society --$t7. The Law against Itself --$tCoda The Psychology of Punishment --$tNotes --$tCases Cited --$tFurther Reading --$tCredits --$tIndex 330 $aAmerica's criminal justice system is broken. 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. Sentences are harsh, prisons are overcrowded, life inside is dangerous, and rehabilitation programs are ineffective. Police and prosecutors operate in the dark shadows of the legal process--sometimes resigning themselves to the status quo, sometimes turning a profit from it. The courts define punishment as "time served," but that hardly begins to explain the suffering of prisoners. Looking not only to court records but to works of philosophy, history, and literature for illumination, Robert Ferguson, a distinguished law professor, diagnoses all parts of a now massive, out-of-control punishment regime. He reveals the veiled pleasure behind the impulse to punish (which confuses our thinking about the purpose of punishment), explains why over time all punishment regimes impose greater levels of punishment than originally intended, and traces a disturbing gap between our ability to quantify pain and the precision with which penalties are handed down. Ferguson turns the spotlight from the debate over legal issues to the real plight of prisoners, addressing not law professionals but the American people. Do we want our prisons to be this way? Or are we unaware, or confused, or indifferent, or misinformed about what is happening? Acknowledging the suffering of prisoners and understanding what punishers do when they punish are the first steps toward a better, more just system. 606 $aPunishment$xPhilosophy 606 $aPunishment$zUnited States 615 0$aPunishment$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPunishment 676 $a364.601 700 $aFerguson$b Robert A.$f1942-$01463078 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810533303321 996 $aInferno$94017027 997 $aUNINA