[bksvol-discuss] Nonfiction submission
- From: "Deborah Murray" <blinkeeblink@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BookShare" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:52:54 -0500
Hi all,
I've just submitted for validation "American Furies: Crime, Punishment and
Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment" by Sasha Abramsky
Read through and pre-validated--headers stripped, page numbers and chapter
titles protected. 214 pages (plus introduction and preliminary pages).
[Back cover]
In this disturbing yet elegant expose of U.S. penitentiaries and their
surrounding communities, Sasha Abramsky shows how American prisons have
abandoned their long-held ideal of rehabilitation, often for political
reasons. After surveying our current state of affairs--life sentences for
nonviolent crimes, appalling conditions for inmates, the growth of private
prisons, the treatment of juveniles--Abramsky argues that our punitive
policies are not only inhuman but deeply counterproductive. Brilliantly
researched and compellingly told, American Furies reveals the devastating
consequences of a society that believes in "lock 'em up and throw away the
key."
Deborah
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