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Anne-Marie Cusac

    Cruel and Unusual
    • 2009

      Cruel and Unusual

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
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      Explores the cultural evolution of punishment practices in the United States. This book looks at punishment in the nation's early days, when Americans repudiated Old World cruelty toward criminals and emphasized rehabilitation over retribution.

      Cruel and Unusual