Unusually Cruel: Prisons, Punishment, and the Real American Exceptionalism by Marc Morjé Howard
Unusually Cruel: Prisons, Punishment, and the Real American Exceptionalism

Marc Morjé Howard

Unusually Cruel: Prisons, Punishment, and the Real American Exceptionalism

Marc Morjé Howard

296 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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The United States incarcerates far more people than any other country in the world, at rates nearly ten times higher than other liberal democracies. Indeed, while the U.S. is home to 5 percent of the world's population, it contains nearly 25 perce...

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