Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide between America and Europe

Harsh Justice

Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide between America and Europe

2003 • 322 pages

Criminal justice in America is harsh and degrading when compared to other countries in the West. By contrast, France and Germany are systematically mild. Whitman suggests that the difference results from America's non-hierarchical social system and distrust of state power.

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