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Abramsky, Sasha.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Punishment -- United States.
Imprisonment -- United States.
Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States.
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American furies [ele...
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American furies [electronic resource] : crime, punishment, and vengeance in the age of mass imprisonment / Sasha Abramsky.
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Abramsky, Sasha.
[Boston, MA] : Beacon Press, 2007.
Subjects
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Punishment -- United States.
Imprisonment -- United States.
Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States.
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9780807099131 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
0807099139 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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In this dramatic expose of U.S. penitentiaries and the communities around them, Sasha Abramsky finds that prisons have dumped their age-old goal of rehabilitation, often for political reasons. The new "ideal," unknown to most Americans, is a punitive mandate marked by a drive toward vengeance.
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