Cruel and unusual
Subtitle: the culture of punishment in America
By: Anne-Marie Cusac.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300111743
Subjects: Punishment -- United States -- History; Prisons -- United States -- History; Prison administration -- United States -- History; Prisoners -- United States -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: American living in a time of punishment; title: When punishment is the subject, religion is the predicate; title: A heart is not wholly corrupted : revolution, religion, punishment; title: Reforming the reforms; title: Punishment creep; title: Vigilantism and progressivism; title: The devilish generation; title: Flogging for Jesus; title: Pain becomes valuable again; title: Pop culture and the criminal element; title: Stunning technology; title: The return to restraint; title: Abu Ghraib, USA; title: Epilogue: A little good news.