Harsh Justice
Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide Between America and Europe
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Word Count
84,000 words, Guess
Page Count
336 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7390248M
- ISBN-139780195155259
- ISBN-100195155254
- OCLC Control Number49495006
- OCLC Control Numberharshjusticecrim0000whit_a7h9
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2002004838
- LibraryThing934400
- Goodreads2191464
Classifications
- LCCK5103.W48 2003
Description
Publisher's description: Criminal punishment in America is harsh and degrading-more so than anywhere else in the liberal west. Executions and long prison terms are commonplace in America. Countries like France and Germany, by contrast, are systematically mild. European offenders are rarely sent to prison, and when they are, they serve far shorter terms than their American counterparts. Why is America so comparatively harsh? In this novel work of comparative legal history, James Whitman argues that the answer lies in America's triumphant embrace of a non-hierarchical social system and distrust of state power which have contributed to a law of punishment that is more willing to degrade offenders.
First Sentence
American punishment is comparatively harsh, comparatively degrading, comparatively slow to show mercy.
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- Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide Between America and Europe
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