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American Furies: Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment
American Furies Crime Punishment and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment
Author: Sasha Abramsky
In this dramatic exposé of U.S. penitentiaries and the communities around them, Sasha Abramsky finds that prisons have dumped their age-old goal of rehabilitation, often for political reasons. The new "ideal," unknown to most Americans, is a punitive mandate marked by a drive toward vengeance. — Surveying this state of affairs?life sentences for ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807042229
ISBN-10: 0807042226
Publication Date: 5/2/2007
Pages: 240
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Beacon Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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