Culture Of Punishment : Prison, Society, and Spectacle
By: Brown, Michelle (Author).
New York University Press. Published: 25/03/2010. Audience Guide: Professional & Vocational.
Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.
"A deeply insightful and profoundly disturbing dissection of the culture of American penalty." David F. Greenberg, author of Crime and Capitalism "Brown's passionate discussion of penalty beyond prison walls pushes us to rethink traditional concepts of responsibility, and it opens up a way to escape from America's dysfunctional prison policies." Nicole Rafter, author of The Criminal Brain Item Details
ISBN10/13: 081479999X/9780814799994
TITLE: Culture of Punishment, The
CONTRIBUTORS: Brown, Michelle (Author)
IMPRINT: New York University Press
PUBLISHER: New York University Press
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 25/03/2010
SUBJECT: Law, Law, Society, Other Jurisdictions, Other Jurisdictions, Crime & Criminology
PAGES: 272
AUDIENCE GUIDE: Professional & Vocational
ILLUSTRATIONS: 10 illustrations
CONTENTS: Acknowledgments vii; 1. Introduction: Notes on Becoming a Penal Spectator 1; 2. Prison Theory: Engaging the Work of Punishment 29; 3. Prison Iconography: Regarding the Pain of Others 69; 4. Prison Tourism: The Cultural Work and Play of Punishment 115; 5. Prison Portents: Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror 161; 6. Prison Science: Of Faith and Futility 204; 7. Prison Otherwise: Cultural Meanings beyond Punishment 256; Notes 286; References 316; Index; About the Author 336
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