Harsh Justice - Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide between America and Europe (Paperback, New Ed)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2005
First published:	April 2005
Authors:	James Q. Whitman (Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law)
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-518260-6
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Comparative law Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
LSN:	0-19-518260-X
Barcode:	9780195182606

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