Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Idea of Prison AbolitionCondition: NewISBN-10: 0691229767EAN: 9780691229768ISBN: 9780691229768Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/20/2024Description: An incisive and sympathetic examination of the case for ending the practice of imprisonmentDespite its omnipresence and long history, imprisonment is a deeply troubling practice. In the United States and elsewhere, prison conditions are inhumane, prisoners are treated without dignity, and sentences are extremely harsh. Mass incarceration and its devastating impact on black communities have been widely condemned as neoslavery or “the new Jim Crow.” Can the practice of imprisonment be reformed, or does justice require it to be ended altogether? In The Idea of Prison Abolition, Tommie Shelby examines the abolitionist case against prisons and its formidable challenge to would-be prison reformers.Philosophers have long theorized punishment and its justifications, but they haven’t paid enough attention to incarceration or its related problems in societies structured by racial and economic injustice. Taking up this urgent topic, Shelby argues that prisons, once reformed and under the right circumstances, can be legitimate and effective tools of crime control. Yet he draws on insights from black radicals and leading prison abolitionists, especially Angela Davis, to argue that we should dramatically decrease imprisonment and think beyond bars when responding to the problem of crime.While a world without prisons might be utopian, The Idea of Prison Abolition makes the case that we can make meaningful progress toward this ideal by abolishing the structural injustices that too often lead to crime and its harmful consequences.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 203mmItem Length: 133mmAuthor: Tommie ShelbyGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: Society & Culture, Social SciencesBook Series: Carl G. Hempel Lecture SeriesRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Idea of Prison Abolition
Title: The Idea of Prison Abolition
ISBN-10: 0691229767
EAN: 9780691229768
ISBN: 9780691229768
Release Date: 08/20/2024
Release Year: 2024
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: Social Sciences
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Publication Name: Idea of Prison Abolition
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Sociology / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Weight: 8.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Philosophy, Social Science
Item Length: 7.9 in
Author: Tommie Shelby
Series: Carl G. Hempel Lecture Ser.
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
