The Violence of Incarceration (Routledge Advances In Criminology Ser.: Vol. 5)

Synopsis

Conceived in the immediate aftermath of the humiliations and killings of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq, of the suicides and hunger strikes at Guantanamo Bay and of the disappearances of detainees through extraordinary rendition, this book explores the connections between these shameful events and the inhumanity and degradation of domestic prisons within the 'allied' states, including the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK and Ireland.The central theme is that the revelations of extreme brutality perpetrated by allied soldiers represent the inevitable end-product of domestic incarceration predicated on the use of extreme violence including lethal force. Exposing as fiction the claim to the political moral high ground made by western liberal democracies is critical because such claims animate and legitimate global actions such as the 'war on terror' and the indefinite detention of tens of thousands of people by the United States which accompanies it. The myth of moral virtue works to hide, silence, minimize and deny the brutal continuing history of violence and incarceration both within western countries and undertaken on behalf of western states beyond their national borders.

Copyright:

2009

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

274 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000948837

Related ISBNs:

9781003421818, 9780415499255

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

04/21/23

Copyrighted By:

Phil Scraton and Jude McCulloch for selection and editorial material

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Phil Scraton

Edited by:

Jude McCulloch