American furies crime, punishment, and vengeance in the age of mass imprisonment

Summary: In this dramatic expose of U.S. penitentiaries and the communities around them, Sasha Abramsky finds that prisons have dumped their age-old goal of rehabilitation, often for political reasons. The new "ideal," unknown to most Americans, is a punitive mandate marked by a drive toward vengeance.

Record details

ISBN: 9780807099131 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
ISBN: 0807099139 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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Publisher: [Boston, MA] : Beacon Press, 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 7:53:07.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by the author.
System Details Note:	Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires Overdrive Media Console (file size: 113351 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web.