The Resource Harsh justice : criminal punishment and the widening divide between America and Europe, James Q. Whitman
Harsh justice : criminal punishment and the widening divide between America and Europe, James Q. Whitman
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- Summary
- Publisher's description: 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 311 pages, 10 pages of plates
- Note
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- Originally published: 2003
- First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2005
- Contents
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- Degradation, harshness and mercy
- Contemporary American harshness : rejecting respect for persons
- Continental dignity and mildness
- The continental abolition of degradation
- Low status in the Anglo-American world
- Conclusion: two revolutions of status
- Isbn
- 9780195182606
- Label
- Harsh justice : criminal punishment and the widening divide between America and Europe
- Title
- Harsh justice
- Title remainder
- criminal punishment and the widening divide between America and Europe
- Statement of responsibility
- James Q. Whitman
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Publisher's description: 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
- Cataloging source
- OPV
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Whitman, James Q.
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- K5103
- LC item number
- .W48 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Punishment
- Punishment
- Punishment
- Punishment
- Punishment
- Punishment
- France
- Germany
- United States
- Strafrecht
- Strafverfolgung
- Europa
- USA
- Strafrecht
- Strafverfolgung
- Europa
- USA
- Label
- Harsh justice : criminal punishment and the widening divide between America and Europe, James Q. Whitman
- Note
-
- Originally published: 2003
- First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2005
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-299) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Degradation, harshness and mercy -- Contemporary American harshness : rejecting respect for persons -- Continental dignity and mildness -- The continental abolition of degradation -- Low status in the Anglo-American world -- Conclusion: two revolutions of status
- Control code
- 68928025
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 311 pages, 10 pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780195182606
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780195182606
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)68928025
- Label
- Harsh justice : criminal punishment and the widening divide between America and Europe, James Q. Whitman
- Note
-
- Originally published: 2003
- First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2005
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-299) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Degradation, harshness and mercy -- Contemporary American harshness : rejecting respect for persons -- Continental dignity and mildness -- The continental abolition of degradation -- Low status in the Anglo-American world -- Conclusion: two revolutions of status
- Control code
- 68928025
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 311 pages, 10 pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780195182606
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780195182606
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)68928025
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