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Author:

Cusac, Anne-Marie.

Title:

Cruel and unusual : the culture of punishment in America / Anne-Marie Cusac.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xii, 318 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Punishment--United States--History.
Prisons--United States--History.
Prison administration--United States--History.
Prisoners--United States--Social conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-302) and index.

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:

0300111746 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300111743 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)150348362

LCCN:

2008042943

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)