TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ferguson,Robert A.
TI  - Inferno: an anatomy of American punishment 
SN  - 9780674369931
AV  - K5103 .I544 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Punishment
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - United States
KW  - Punishment (Psychology)
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction : the intractable problem --; Punishment misunderstood --; The ratchet effect in theory --; The mixed signs in suffering --; The legal punishers --; The legally punished --; The punitive impulse in American society --; The law against itself --; Coda : the psychology of punishment; 2; b
N2  - 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
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