41: Long Prison Sentences Are Cruel and Unusual, with Peter Moskos
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
EPISODE NOTES
Imagine you're in a courtroom. You've been charged with a crime and the verdict has now been decided by the jury: "Guilty." The judge offers you two choices: Go to prison for five years, or immediately receive ten lashes and walk free. Which option do you choose? If you chose the lashes, you're not alone. Criminology professor and former Baltimore police officer Peter Moskos has written a book arguing against the unconsidered cruelty of prison sentences, and uses this very hypothetical to make his case.
Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District, by Peter Moskos
Two Shades of Blue: Black and White in the Blue Brotherhood, by Peter Moskos
In Defense of Flogging, by Peter Moskos
Sir Robert Peel's "Nine Principles of Policing"
Broken Windows, by George Kelling and James Wilson
Murders Are Spiking. Police Should Be Part of the Solution, by German Lopez
Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2020 - Prison Policy Initiative
Peter's Twitter: @PeterMoskos
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