Peculiar Institution : America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition

ISBN-13: 9780199594993 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 415 str.

David Garland

Opis

Taking us inside the world of capital punishment, this book presents a picture of America's peculiar institution - its cultural meaning and symbolic force for supporters and abolitionists. Shattering current stereotypes, the book forces us to rethink our understanding of the politics of punishment in America and beyond.

Recenzje

Some of his eminently readable prose reminds me of Alexis de Tocqueville's nineteenth-century narrative about his visit to America; it has the objective, thought-provoking quality of an astute observer rather than that of an interested participant in American politics.

O autorze

David Garland is Professor of Sociology at New York University. He is one of the leading sociologists writing on punishment and crime control, his major works including Punishment and Modern Society, and The Culture of Control.