Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide Between America and Europe
written by James Q. Whitman, 1957- (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2003), 322 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- Criminal justice in America is harsh and degrading when compared to other countries in the West. By contrast, France and Germany are systematically mild. Whitman suggests that the difference results from America's non-hierarchical social system and distrust of state power.
- Field of Interest
- Global Issues
- Author
- James Q. Whitman, 1957-
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2003 Oxford University Press
- Content Type
- Book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Warning: Contains explicit content
- No
- Format
- Text
- Page Count
- 322
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place Published / Released
- Oxford, England
- Subject
- Global Issues, Criminal Justice & Public Safety, Social Sciences, Customary International Law, Human Rights and Public Health, Administration of Justice, Law Enforcement, Corrections, General Context and History of Prison, Philosophy, Criminal punishment, Law, Politics & Policy, Direito Internacional Consuetudin‡rio, Derecho Internacional Consuetudinario, Derechos Humanos y Sanidad Pública, Direitos Humanos e Saúde Pública, Administração da Justiça, Administración de Justicia, Alemania, Alemanha, Deutschland, Francia, França, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, Germany, France, United States
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Direito Internacional Consuetudin‡rio, Derecho Internacional Consuetudinario, Derechos Humanos y Sanidad Pública, Direitos Humanos e Saúde Pública, Administração da Justiça, Administración de Justicia, Alemania, Alemanha, Deutschland, Francia, França, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos