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12. Abu Ghraib, USA

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. When Punishment Is the Subject, Religion Is the Predicate 17
  6. 2. ‘‘A Heart Is Not Wholly Corrupted’’ 31
  7. 3. Reforming the Reforms 50
  8. 4. Punishment Creep 72
  9. 5. Vigilantism and Progressivism 93
  10. 6. The Devilish Generation 109
  11. 7. Flogging for Jesus 134
  12. 8. Pain Becomes Valuable Again 170
  13. 9. Pop Culture and the Criminal Element 183
  14. 10. Stunning Technology 212
  15. 11. The Return to Restraint 230
  16. 12. Abu Ghraib, USA 244
  17. Epilogue 253
  18. Notes 261
  19. Index 303
Cruel and Unusual
This chapter is in the book Cruel and Unusual
https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300155495-014

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. When Punishment Is the Subject, Religion Is the Predicate 17
  6. 2. ‘‘A Heart Is Not Wholly Corrupted’’ 31
  7. 3. Reforming the Reforms 50
  8. 4. Punishment Creep 72
  9. 5. Vigilantism and Progressivism 93
  10. 6. The Devilish Generation 109
  11. 7. Flogging for Jesus 134
  12. 8. Pain Becomes Valuable Again 170
  13. 9. Pop Culture and the Criminal Element 183
  14. 10. Stunning Technology 212
  15. 11. The Return to Restraint 230
  16. 12. Abu Ghraib, USA 244
  17. Epilogue 253
  18. Notes 261
  19. Index 303
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