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American Furies: Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment

American Furies: Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment

Abramsky, Sasha

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Criminology

ISBN10: 0807042234
ISBN13: 9780807042236
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: May 1 2008
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.68 Width: 5.95 Depth: 8.78
Language: English
In this disturbing yet elegant exposé of U.S. penitentiaries and their surrounding communities, Sasha Abramsky shows how American prisons have abandoned their long-held ideal of rehabilitation, often for political reasons. After surveying our current state of affairs-life sentences for nonviolent crimes, appalling conditions for inmates, the growth of private prisons, the treatment of juveniles-Abramsky argues that our punitive policies are not only inhuman but deeply counterproductive. Brilliantly researched and compellingly told, American Furies reveals the devastating consequences of a society that believes in lock 'em up and throw away the key.

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