Extreme Punishment
Comparative Studies in Detention, Incarceration and Solitary Confinement
Keramet Reiter editor Alexa Koenig editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Published:6th Aug '15
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This ground-breaking collection examines the erosion of the legal boundaries traditionally dividing civil detention from criminal punishment. The contributors empirically demonstrate how the mentally ill, non-citizen immigrants, and enemy combatants are treated like criminals in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
“The authors in the anthology contribute from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, generating nuanced approaches and revealing common themes. The book is best for scholars in law and social sciences, as well as criminal justice practitioners, policy makers, and advocates who are interested in the limits of the law, the transformation of punishment, and the lived experiences of people subjected to them.” (Valerie King, University of Oxford Faculty of Law, law.ox.ac.uk, September, 2016)
ISBN: 9781137441140
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 4532g
255 pages
1st ed. 2015