Extreme Punishment Comparative Studies in Detention, Incarceration and Solitary Confinement
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.
Keywords
Social SciencePenologyCriminologyPolitical SciencePublic PolicySocial PolicySociologyLawInternationalHuman Rights
2014Book
Author(s)Keramet Reiter, Alexa Koenig
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781349560561
LanguageEnglish
