Harsh Justice

Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide between America and Europe

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

Criminal punishment in America is harsh and degrading--more so than anywhere else in the liberal west. Executions and long prison terms are commonplace in America. Countries like France and Germany, by contrast, are systematically mild. European offenders are rarely sent to prison, and when they are, they serve far shorter terms than their American counterparts. Why is America so comparatively harsh? In this novel work of comparative legal history, James Whitman argues that the answer lies in America's triumphant embrace of a non-hierarchical social system and distrust of state power which have contributed to a law of punishment that is more willing to degrade offenders.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-05-05
Mått:157 x 236 x 20 mm
Vikt:485 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195182606
Utmärkelser:2004 Distinguished Book Award of the Division of International Criminology of the American Society of Criminology

Utforska kategorier

Straffrätt: process och brott inom Juridik
Komparativ rätt inom Juridik
Brottslighet och kriminologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

James Q. Whitman is Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law at Yale University. He has taught at Stanford and Harvard Law Schools and was trained as a historian at the University of Chicago before taking his law degree at Yale.

Recensioner i media

"Whitman's whirlwind tour of the punishment practices of three countries over the last two centuries is well worth the price of admission. He has a deep pool of knowledge and an eye for the telling detail--a picture, a turn of phrase, or a small historical event--that helps to advance his thesis."--Boston Review

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction ; 1. Degradation, Harshness, and Mercy ; 2. Contemporary American Harshness: Rejecting Respect for Persons ; 3. Continental Dignity and Mildness ; 4. The Continental Abolition of Degradation ; 5. Low Status in the Anglo-American World ; Conclusion: Two Revolutions of Status ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index