Harsh justice : criminal punishment and the widening divide between America and Europe /
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| Author / Creator: | Whitman, James Q., 1957- |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. |
| Description: | viii, 311 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4805429 |
Table of Contents:
- 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
