Beschreibung:
Acknowledging that public fear and anger about criminal violence drive the punitive impulse that created the mass incarceration of today, this book challenges many deep-rooted assumptions about wrongdoing, as well as ideas about freedom and individuality and the obligations owed to strangers.
Introduction; Acknowledgments; Part 1: Judging Wrong 1. Violence and the Soul 2. Blaming for Moral Disregard 3. Misjudging Wrong Part Two: Just Punishment 4. Punishing with Regard 5. Cruelty by Law: Mandatory Life in California 6. Our Prisons, Our Prisoners: Cruelty in Penal Practice Part 3: Relational Justice 7. Victims and Justice under Law 8. Victims and Relational Justice 9. Redeeming the Responsible 10. Healing the American Community: Race and Criminal Justice 11. Living a Larger Justice