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From the Gospel of Matthew to numerous US Supreme Court justices, many literary and legal sources have observed that how a society metes out punishment reveals core truths about its character. The Punitive Imagination is a collection of essays that engages and contributes to debates about the purposes and meanings of punishment in the US.

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    Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
    Publication Date: 10/30/2014 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780817357993, 978-0817357993
    ISBN10: 0817357998
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    Book Synopsis
    From the Gospel of Matthew to numerous US Supreme Court justices, many literary and legal sources have observed that how a society metes out punishment reveals core truths about its character. The Punitive Imagination is a collection of essays that engages and contributes to debates about the purposes and meanings of punishment in the US.

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