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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
      Published 10/30/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780817357993
      978-0817357993
      ISBN-10 0817357998
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      Sentencing and punishment Ethical issues, topics and debates Austin Sarat

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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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