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Harsh Justice

Name: Harsh Justice
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc
SKU: 04476604
Price: 43.57 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: James Whitman
ISBN: 9780195182606

James Whitman

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English

Book Paperback

Libristo code: 04476604

Publishers Oxford University Press Inc, May 2005

Criminal punishment in America is harsh and degrading - more so than anywhere else in the liberal we... Full description

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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.