We all know that orange is the new black and mass incarceration is the new Jim Crow, but how much do we actually know about the structure, goals, and impact of our criminal justice system' Understanding Mass Incarceration offers...
LAW / Civil Rights
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Auteur:Horne, Emily, Maly, Tim.Sommaire:In 1787, British philosopher and social reformer Jeremy Bentham conceived of the panopticon, a ring of cells observed by a central watchtower, as a labor-saving device for those in authority. While Bentham's design was ostensibly for a...
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Auteur:Boghosian, HeidiSommaire:"Everyone of us is under the omniscient magnifying glass of the government and corporate spies... . How do we respond to this smog of surveillance' Start by reading Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power...
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Auteur:Dummitt, Christopher, Sethna, ChristabelleSommaire:“There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation,” Pierre Elliott Trudeau told reporters. He was making the case for the most controversial of his proposed reforms to the Criminal Code, those concerning homosexuality, birth...
