Cruel and unusual [[electronic resource] ] : the culture of punishment in America / / Anne-Marie Cusac |
Autore | Cusac Anne-Marie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 318 p |
Disciplina | 364.60973 |
Soggetto topico |
Punishment - United States - History
Prisons - United States - History Prison administration - United States - History Prisoners - United States - Social conditions |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-41588-3
9786612415883 0-300-15549-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. When Punishment Is the Subject, Religion Is the Predicate -- 2. ''A Heart Is Not Wholly Corrupted'' -- 3. Reforming the Reforms -- 4. Punishment Creep -- 5. Vigilantism and Progressivism -- 6. The Devilish Generation -- 7. Flogging for Jesus -- 8. Pain Becomes Valuable Again -- 9. Pop Culture and the Criminal Element -- 10. Stunning Technology -- 11. The Return to Restraint -- 12. Abu Ghraib, USA -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464280103321 |
Cusac Anne-Marie | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cruel and unusual [[electronic resource] ] : the culture of punishment in America / / Anne-Marie Cusac |
Autore | Cusac Anne-Marie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 318 p |
Disciplina | 364.60973 |
Soggetto topico |
Punishment - United States - History
Prisons - United States - History Prison administration - United States - History Prisoners - United States - Social conditions |
ISBN |
1-282-41588-3
9786612415883 0-300-15549-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. When Punishment Is the Subject, Religion Is the Predicate -- 2. ''A Heart Is Not Wholly Corrupted'' -- 3. Reforming the Reforms -- 4. Punishment Creep -- 5. Vigilantism and Progressivism -- 6. The Devilish Generation -- 7. Flogging for Jesus -- 8. Pain Becomes Valuable Again -- 9. Pop Culture and the Criminal Element -- 10. Stunning Technology -- 11. The Return to Restraint -- 12. Abu Ghraib, USA -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788997503321 |
Cusac Anne-Marie | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cruel and unusual : the culture of punishment in America / / Anne-Marie Cusac |
Autore | Cusac Anne-Marie |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 318 p |
Disciplina | 364.60973 |
Soggetto topico |
Punishment - United States - History
Prisons - United States - History Prison administration - United States - History Prisoners - United States - Social conditions |
ISBN |
1-282-41588-3
9786612415883 0-300-15549-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. When Punishment Is the Subject, Religion Is the Predicate -- 2. ''A Heart Is Not Wholly Corrupted'' -- 3. Reforming the Reforms -- 4. Punishment Creep -- 5. Vigilantism and Progressivism -- 6. The Devilish Generation -- 7. Flogging for Jesus -- 8. Pain Becomes Valuable Again -- 9. Pop Culture and the Criminal Element -- 10. Stunning Technology -- 11. The Return to Restraint -- 12. Abu Ghraib, USA -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827834903321 |
Cusac Anne-Marie | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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