The United States incarcerates far more people than any other country
in the world, at rates nearly ten times higher than other liberal
democracies. Indeed, while the U.S. is home to 5 percent of the
world's population, it contains nearly 25 percent of its prisoners.
But the extent of American cruelty goes beyond simply locking people
up. At every stage of the criminal justice process - plea bargaining,
sentencing, prison conditions, rehabilitation, parole, and societal
reentry - the U.S. is harsher and more punitive than other comparable
countries. In _Unusually Cruel_, Marc Morjé Howard argues that the
American criminal justice and prison systems are exceptional - in a
truly shameful way. Although other scholars have focused on the
internal dynamics that have produced this massive carceral system,
Howard provides the first sustained comparative analysis that shows
just how far the U.S. lies outside the norm of established
democracies. And, by highlighting how other countries successfully
apply less punitive and more productive policies, he provides
plausible solutions to addressing America's criminal justice quagmire.
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ISBN
9780190659363
Publisert
2020
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Oxford University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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