Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide between America and Europe
by
James Q. Whitman
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2003
Criminal punishment in America is harsh and degrading--more so than anywhere else in the liberal west. Executions and long prison terms are commonplace in America. Countries like France and Germany, by contrast, are systematically mild. European offenders are rarely sent to prison, and when they are,...