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Extreme Punishment: Comparative Studies in Detention, Incarceration and Solitary Confinement
Keramet Reiter (Ed.)
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Description for Extreme Punishment: Comparative Studies in Detention, Incarceration and Solitary Confinement
Hardback. This ground-breaking collection examines the erosion of the legal boundaries traditionally dividing civil detention from criminal punishment. The contributors empirically demonstrate how the mentally ill, non-citizen immigrants, and enemy combatants are treated like criminals in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Editor(s): Reiter, Keramet; Koenig, Alexa. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KBC; JKVP; JPVH; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
This ground-breaking collection examines the erosion of the legal boundaries traditionally dividing civil detention from criminal punishment. The contributors empirically demonstrate how the mentally ill, non-citizen immigrants, and enemy combatants are treated like criminals in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
This ground-breaking collection examines the erosion of the legal boundaries traditionally dividing civil detention from criminal punishment. The contributors empirically demonstrate how the mentally ill, non-citizen immigrants, and enemy combatants are treated like criminals in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137441140
SKU
V9781137441140
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99-15
About Keramet Reiter (Ed.)
Efrat Arbel, University of British Columbia, Canada. Hadar Aviram, University of California, USA. Thomas Blair, University of California, USA. Mary Bosworth, University of Oxford, UK. Kelly Hannah-Moffat, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada. Dave Holmes, University of Ottawa, Canada. Yvonne Jewkes, University of Leicester, UK. Emma Kaufman, Yale Law School, USA. Amy Klassen, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada. Alexa Koenig, University ... Read more
Reviews for Extreme Punishment: Comparative Studies in Detention, Incarceration and Solitary Confinement
“The authors in the anthology contribute from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, generating nuanced approaches and revealing common themes. The book is best for scholars in law and social sciences, as well as criminal justice practitioners, policy makers, and advocates who are interested in the limits of the law, the transformation of punishment, and the lived experiences of people subjected ... Read more