In Defense of Flogging

by Peter Moskos

Book Overview

Prisons impose tremendous costs, yet they're easily ignored. Criminals -- even low-level nonviolent offenders -- enter our dysfunctional criminal justice system and disappear into a morass that's safely hidden from public view. Our "tough on crime" political rhetoric offers us no way out, and prison reformers are too quickly dismissed as soft on criminals. Meanwhile, the taxpayer picks up the extraordinary and unnecessary bill.

In Defense...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465032419
• ISBN13: 9780465032419
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.8" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher