Cruel and Unusual

Anne-Marie Cusac

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Zusammenfassung Since 1973! America's imprisonment rate has multiplied over five times to become the highest in the world. More th...

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Zusammenfassung Since 1973! America's imprisonment rate has multiplied over five times to become the highest in the world. More than two million inmates reside in state and federal prisons. What does this say about our attitudes toward criminals and punishment? What does it say about us? This book explores the cultural evolution of punishment practices in the US.

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Anne-Marie Cusac is assistant professor, Department of Communication, Roosevelt University, and a contributing writer to The Progressive. For her work as a journalist she has received the George Polk Award and on three occasions the Project Censored Award.