Extreme Punishment: Comparative Studies in Detention, Incarceration and Solitary Confinement

Extreme Punishment: Comparative Studies in Detention, Incarceration and Solitary Confinement
ISBN-10
1137441151
ISBN-13
9781137441157
Category
Social Science
Pages
255
Language
English
Published
2015-07-28
Publisher
Springer
Authors
Alexa Koenig, Keramet Reiter

Description

This ground-breaking collection examines the erosion of the legal boundaries traditionally dividing civil detention from criminal punishment. The contributors empirically demonstrate how the mentally ill, non-citizen immigrants, and enemy combatants are treated like criminals in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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