TY - BOOK AU - Howard,Marc Morjeƌ TI - Unusually cruel: prisons, punishment, and the real American exceptionalism SN - 9780190659332 (hbk : alk. paper) AV - HV8139 .H69 2017 U1 - 365/.973 23 PY - 2017///] CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - United States KW - Prisons KW - Corrections KW - Correctional law KW - Exceptionalism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-265) and index; Introduction -- Plea bargining -- Sentencing -- Prison conditions -- Rehabilitation -- Parole -- Sicuetak reentry -- Explaining American punitiveness : race, religion, politics, and business -- Conclusion ER -