American furies crime, punishment, and vengeance in the age of mass imprisonment

How vengeance has replaced rehabilitation in our prisons--and its terrible costs. In this dramatic expose 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,"...

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Main Author:	Abramsky, Sasha (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston Beacon Press 2007
Subjects:	Criminal justice, administration of > United States. Punishment > United States. Imprisonment > United States.
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