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Author Cusac, Anne-Marie.
Title Cruel and unusual : the culture of punishment in America / Anne-Marie Cusac.
Publication Info New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, c2009.


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Descript xii, 318 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents Introduction: American living in a time of punishment -- When punishment is the subject, religion is the predicate -- A heart is not wholly corrupted : revolution, religion, punishment -- Reforming the reforms -- Punishment creep -- Vigilantism and progressivism -- The devilish generation -- Flogging for Jesus -- Pain becomes valuable again -- Pop culture and the criminal element -- Stunning technology -- The return to restraint -- Abu Ghraib, USA -- Epilogue: A little good news.
ISBN 9780300168013 (pbk.)
9780300111743 (cloth)
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Author Cusac, Anne-Marie.
Subject Punishment -- United States -- History.
Prisons -- United States -- History.
Prison administration -- United States -- History.
Prisoners -- United States -- Social conditions.
Descript xii, 318 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents Introduction: American living in a time of punishment -- When punishment is the subject, religion is the predicate -- A heart is not wholly corrupted : revolution, religion, punishment -- Reforming the reforms -- Punishment creep -- Vigilantism and progressivism -- The devilish generation -- Flogging for Jesus -- Pain becomes valuable again -- Pop culture and the criminal element -- Stunning technology -- The return to restraint -- Abu Ghraib, USA -- Epilogue: A little good news.
ISBN 9780300168013 (pbk.)
9780300111743 (cloth)
Author Cusac, Anne-Marie.
Subject Punishment -- United States -- History.
Prisons -- United States -- History.
Prison administration -- United States -- History.
Prisoners -- United States -- Social conditions.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL 5th Floor  HV 8693 C9  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject Punishment -- United States -- History.
Prisons -- United States -- History.
Prison administration -- United States -- History.
Prisoners -- United States -- Social conditions.
Descript xii, 318 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents Introduction: American living in a time of punishment -- When punishment is the subject, religion is the predicate -- A heart is not wholly corrupted : revolution, religion, punishment -- Reforming the reforms -- Punishment creep -- Vigilantism and progressivism -- The devilish generation -- Flogging for Jesus -- Pain becomes valuable again -- Pop culture and the criminal element -- Stunning technology -- The return to restraint -- Abu Ghraib, USA -- Epilogue: A little good news.
ISBN 9780300168013 (pbk.)
9780300111743 (cloth)
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