Impermissible Punishments: How Prison became a Problem for Democracy
Impermissible Punishments: How Prison became a Problem for Democracy by Judith Resnik ’72 examines how we have chosen to punish those we imprison, and how we have justified it. Tracing 300 years of transatlantic debates and developments, Resnik explores how our current penal system evolved, argues that this system stands at odds with our democratic values, and then sets a course for its transformation.
(2025, University of Chicago Press)
