Hans Arnhold Center Library

Harsh justice criminal punishment and the widening divide between America and Europe

Whitman, James Q. 1957-

Harsh justice criminal punishment and the widening divide between America and Europe James Q. Whitman - viii, 311 p., 10 p. of plates ill., ports 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-299) and index

Degradation, harshness and mercy -- Contemporary American harshness : rejecting respect for persons -- Continental dignity and mildness -- The continental abolition of degradation -- Low status in the Anglo-American world

0195155254 cloth : acid-free paper

2002004838

bA3Y1853 UK


Punishment--United States
Punishment--France
Punishment--Germany
Punishment--Philosophy

Class of Spring 2000 Berlin Prize Fellow Fellow Written at the Academy

K5103

364.601
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