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In Defense Of Flogging (2011)

by Peter Moskos(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0465021484 (ISBN13: 9780465021482)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Basic Books

review 1: I loved the content. It was thought provoking and educational. The writer presented so much history and information here. It really impacted my view of our US prison system.I found myself wishing the author had worked with a different editor though. This book is structured more like of a very long sectioned essay than a book. It lacked some of the logical break points that would have made its contents easier to consume and understand. The author presents a good amount of data in context of history and research that begged for a pittance of useful visualizations. All of his data was communicated within the text discussion. Ouch. A graph or 10 would have been so so helpful in illustrating some of his comparisons.Still a worthy read.
review 2: Moskos has written... more a devastating critique of the badly broken U.S. system of criminal "corrections." He notes that all efforts at rehabilitation have failed, and that the resulting overuse of incarceration as punishment makes no sense and costs us billions.You could probably read one hundred books about the messed-up U.S. prison-industrial complex, but this is the ONLY book you will find that provides the clever, compelling solution of substituting OPTIONAL corporal punishment for incarceration for most non-dangerous offenders!The argument is strong, the organization is disjointed and jumbled but makes its point clearly and consistently, and the book is a thoroughly enjoyable one-day read. One of the best books I've read this year! less

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