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Overview"The practice of mass incarceration has come under increasing criticism by criminologists and corrections experts who, nevertheless, find themselves at a loss when it comes to offering credible, practical, and humane alternatives. In Civilization and Barbarism, Graeme R. Newman argues this impasse has arisen from a refusal to confront the original essence of punishment, namely, that in some sense it must be painful. He begins with an exposition of the traditional philosophical justifications for punishment and then provides a history of criminal punishment. He shows how, over time, the West abandoned short-term corporal punishment in favor of longer-term incarceration, justifying a massive bureaucratic prison complex as scientific and civilized. Newman compels the reader to confront the biases embedded in this model and the impossibility of defending prisons as a civilized form of punishment. A groundbreaking work that challenges the received wisdom of ""corrections,"" Civilization and Barbarism asks readers to reconsider moderate corporal punishment as an alternative to prison and, for the most serious offenders, forms of incapacitation without prison. The book also features two helpful appendixes: a list of debating points, with common criticisms and their rebuttals, and a chronology of civilized punishments." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Graeme R. NewmanPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438478128ISBN 10: 1438478127 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 02 January 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgment Introduction: A Humane Solution to a Barbaric Situation 1. From Barbaric to Civilized: The Replacement of Corporal Punishment with Prison 2. From Civilized to Barbaric: Prison, the Civilized Punishment, Violates both Body and Mind 3. Rethinking Corporal Punishment: Corporal Punishment Is Not Torture, nor Is It Barbaric 4. The Retribution of Mass Incarceration: How the Ideology of Retribution Caused a Committee to Fuel Mass Incarceration 5. The Successful Failure of Deterrence: How the Fake Science of Deterrence Justified Mass Incarceration 6. The Promise of Incapacitation: Redemption and Control of the Body in an Open Society 7. A New Way to Punish: Moderate Corporal Punishment Is the Least Imperfect of All Criminal Punishments 8. Punishing without Bias: The True Pain of Punishment Is the Great Equalizer 9. Civilizing Barbarism: Mass Incarceration Violates More Rights Than Moderate Corporal and Shari'a Punishments 10. The End of Punishment (as We Know It): Punishment Redistributed in a Century of Surveillance Appendix A. Debating Points: Common Criticisms and Their Rebuttal Appendix B. A Chronology of Civilized Punishments Notes Works Cited IndexReviewsNewman's book is a monumental piece of scholarship that presents a controversial set of propositions about how punishment in the future should be administered. Readers will likely learn many new things about the history of punishment and be challenged about their current views of just punishment for wrongdoing. - Martha J. Smith, coeditor of Theory for Practice in Situational Crime Prevention """Newman's book is a monumental piece of scholarship that presents a controversial set of propositions about how punishment in the future should be administered. Readers will likely learn many new things about the history of punishment and be challenged about their current views of just punishment for wrongdoing."" — Martha J. Smith, coeditor of Theory for Practice in Situational Crime Prevention" Author InformationGraeme R. Newman is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, State University of New York. His many books include Punishment and Privilege, Second Edition; Community Policing in Indigenous Communities (coedited with Mahesh K. Nalla); and the four-volume Crime and Punishment around the World, for which he served as general editor. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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