Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide between America and Europe by James Q. Whitman, James Q. Whitman

Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide between America and Europe

James Q. Whitman, James Q. Whitman

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challenging reflective slow-paced
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Criminal punishment in America is harsh and degrading--more so than anywhere else in the liberal west. Executions and long prison terms are commonplace in America. Countries like France and Germany, by contrast, are systematically mild. European o...

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