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Introduction: What and How We Punish.

Part of a special issue on incarceration and punishment in the U.S. The writer introduces articles by M. Tonry, J. J. Donohoe III, A. V. Hirsch, and D. Garland that appear in this issue on pp. 353–466. These articles explore the “what” and “how” of criminal punishment in the U.S. The proliferatio...

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Published in:Social Research Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 349 - 353
Main Author: Jacobs, James B.
Format: Article
Published: New School for Social Research Summer 2007
Subjects:
Criminal justice system
Punishment
United States
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