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The Punitive Turn in American Life: How the United States Learned to Fight Crime Like a War
Michael S. Sherry
Offers a political and cultural history of the ways in which punishment and surveillance have moved to the centre of American life and become imbued with militarized language and policies, chronicling the United States' slide into becoming a meaner, punishment-obsessed nation.
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| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 30, 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9781469660707 |
| Publishers | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 243 × 166 × 29 mm · 596 g |
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