In Defense of Flogging
Autor Peter Moskosen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 feb 2013 – vârsta de la 13 ani
Prisons
impose
tremendous
costs,
yet
they're
easily
ignored.
Criminals--
even
low-level
nonviolent
offenders--
enter
our
dysfunctional
criminal
justice
system
and
disappear
into
a
morass
that's
safely
hidden
from
public
view.
Our
"tough
on
crime"
political
rhetoric
offers
us
no
way
out,
and
prison
reformers
are
too
quickly
dismissed
as
soft
on
criminals.
Meanwhile,
the
taxpayer
picks
up
the
extraordinary
and
unnecessary
bill.In
Defense
of
Floggingpresents
a
solution
both
radical
and
simple:
give
criminals
a
choice
between
incarceration
and
the
lash.
Flogging
is
punishment:
quick,
cheap,
and
honest.
Noted criminologist Peter Moskos, in irrefutable style, shows the logic of the new system while highlighting flaws in the status quo. Flogging may be cruel, butIn Defense of Floggingshows us that compared to our broken prison system, it is the lesser of two evils.
Noted criminologist Peter Moskos, in irrefutable style, shows the logic of the new system while highlighting flaws in the status quo. Flogging may be cruel, butIn Defense of Floggingshows us that compared to our broken prison system, it is the lesser of two evils.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465032419
ISBN-10: 0465032419
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 122 x 183 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
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ISBN-10: 0465032419
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 122 x 183 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
Peter
Moskosis
assistant
professor
of
Law,
Police
Science,
and
Criminal
Justice
Administration
at
John
Jay
College
of
Criminal
Justice
and
the
City
University
of
New
York's
Doctoral
Program
in
Sociology,
and
is
a
former
Baltimore
City
police
officer.
Author
ofCop
in
the
Hood,
which
won
the
2008
PROSE
Award
for
best
Sociology
Book,
he
lives
in
Queens,
New
York.
Recenzii
Bloomberg
News
“In Defense of Floggingisn't a joke, a satire or a thought experiment... [Moskos] makes a convincing case...In Defense of Floggingis one of the very few public-policy books I've encountered that goes past wringing its hands over a societal problem to offer a viable solution, by which I mean one with a prayer of being put into place because it has appeal across the political spectrum.... At just over 150 pages of clear, smart and highly readable prose, Moskos's sharp little volume has a potential audience far beyond the experts who dutifully slog through most tomes like this.... I know one thing, though. Given the choice between 10 lashes and five years, I'd take the whip.”
The Daily Beast
“If we're capable of taking Moskos' idea as a serious option to incarceration, it could have profound consequences for a nation that incarcerates its citizens at a rate that's seven times as high as the other nations of the world. Clearly we have to find a way to reduce prison populations, and this just might be a logical one....In Defense of Floggingforces the reader to confront issues surrounding incarceration that most Americans would prefer not to think about.”
Library Journal
“Moskos's argument is unconventional and convincing. Those interested in prison reform will find much to contemplate here.”
Washington Times
“As a former Baltimore City police officer, assistant professor of law, police science and criminal justice administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Mr. Moskos is not unfamiliar with the legal or criminal aspects of justice. He readily employs this background to describe the ills of today's criminal justice system and his radical alternative.... ‘Flogging' is intriguing, even in — or because of — its shocking premise. As a case against prisons, Mr. Moskos' is airtight.”
Salon
“Compelling.... Although his outrageous idea may conjure up unsavory reminders of U.S. slavery, by the end of “In Defense of Flogging,” Moskos might just have you convinced.”
“In Defense of Floggingisn't a joke, a satire or a thought experiment... [Moskos] makes a convincing case...In Defense of Floggingis one of the very few public-policy books I've encountered that goes past wringing its hands over a societal problem to offer a viable solution, by which I mean one with a prayer of being put into place because it has appeal across the political spectrum.... At just over 150 pages of clear, smart and highly readable prose, Moskos's sharp little volume has a potential audience far beyond the experts who dutifully slog through most tomes like this.... I know one thing, though. Given the choice between 10 lashes and five years, I'd take the whip.”
The Daily Beast
“If we're capable of taking Moskos' idea as a serious option to incarceration, it could have profound consequences for a nation that incarcerates its citizens at a rate that's seven times as high as the other nations of the world. Clearly we have to find a way to reduce prison populations, and this just might be a logical one....In Defense of Floggingforces the reader to confront issues surrounding incarceration that most Americans would prefer not to think about.”
Randy
Cohen,
former
writer
of The
New
York
Times
Magazine column
“The
Ethicist”
“Peter Moskos presents us with a true dilemma, the dreadful alternatives of prison or flogging. To make that stark and Swiftian choice, he compels us to rethink our ideas of cruel and humane, barbaric and civilized, progressive and reactionary. It is invariably jarring to overcome a prejudice or abandon a dearly held belief & mdash; I try to avoid doing either—but Moskos makes it an intriguing, if unsettling, experience.”
Publishers Weekly
“Moskos, an assistant professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice who specializes in police and criminal science, debates with the utmost seriousness the merits of flogging as an alternative to incarceration.... Indeed, when Moskos mentions the possibility of electric shock as another option, readers will begin to wonder if the writer is poking outlandish fun and crafting a notion similar to Swift's 1729 classic “A Modest Proposal,” using satire to call attention to the ‘shame' of our inhumane prison system.”
“Peter Moskos presents us with a true dilemma, the dreadful alternatives of prison or flogging. To make that stark and Swiftian choice, he compels us to rethink our ideas of cruel and humane, barbaric and civilized, progressive and reactionary. It is invariably jarring to overcome a prejudice or abandon a dearly held belief & mdash; I try to avoid doing either—but Moskos makes it an intriguing, if unsettling, experience.”
Publishers Weekly
“Moskos, an assistant professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice who specializes in police and criminal science, debates with the utmost seriousness the merits of flogging as an alternative to incarceration.... Indeed, when Moskos mentions the possibility of electric shock as another option, readers will begin to wonder if the writer is poking outlandish fun and crafting a notion similar to Swift's 1729 classic “A Modest Proposal,” using satire to call attention to the ‘shame' of our inhumane prison system.”
Library Journal
“Moskos's argument is unconventional and convincing. Those interested in prison reform will find much to contemplate here.”
Washington Times
“As a former Baltimore City police officer, assistant professor of law, police science and criminal justice administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Mr. Moskos is not unfamiliar with the legal or criminal aspects of justice. He readily employs this background to describe the ills of today's criminal justice system and his radical alternative.... ‘Flogging' is intriguing, even in — or because of — its shocking premise. As a case against prisons, Mr. Moskos' is airtight.”
Salon
“Compelling.... Although his outrageous idea may conjure up unsavory reminders of U.S. slavery, by the end of “In Defense of Flogging,” Moskos might just have you convinced.”