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Inferno: An Anatomy of American Punishment
By Ferguson, Robert A.
- ISBN
- 9780674728684 9780674369948
- Publisher
- Harvard Univ.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 6, 2014 | E-Originals
In this rather intricate book, Ferguson (law, literature, and criticism, Columbia Univ.; Alone in America: The Stories That Matter) first compares the conditions in American prisons to the hell described by 14th-century Italian poet Dante in the Inferno. Ferguson then contends that the American public condones these conditions because their urge to punish is so strong. In seven chapters, he gives the definiti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
