When states are threatened by war and terrorism, can we really expect them to abide by human rights and humanitarian law? David P. Forsythe's bold analysis of U

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Over the past four decades, the rate of incarceration in the United States has skyrocketed to unprecedented heights, both historically and in comparison to that

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Amy E. Lerman examines the shift from rehabilitation to punitivism that has taken place in the politics and practice of American corrections.