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Book SynopsisOffers a political and cultural history of the ways in which punishment and surveillance have moved to the centre of American life and become imbued with militarized language and policies.
Trade ReviewSherry's new book,
The Punitive Turn in American Life, perhaps represents the culmination of his life's work. . . . While scholars will continue to debate whether the United States has taken a 'punitive turn' over the past seven decades or so, the interlocking ills of forever war, mass incarceration, and policing cannot be denied. Alongside the work of many others, Sherry's book will help disentangle these threads — and perhaps unmake the punitive society they have formed." -
Los Angeles Review of Books"An important education on the dangers and cultural powers our executives wield with their metaphors. Sherry's book adds to the body of work that shows American life shifting towards a culture of punishment from the 1960s and 1970s on…bringing insights from his past books on American militarism to the subject of American domestic punishment. The combination is a rich one." –
Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books
