{"product_id":"in-defense-of-flogging-9780465032419","title":"In Defense of Flogging","description":"Prisons impose tremendous costs, yet they're easily ignored. Criminals -- even low-level nonviolent offenders -- enter our dysfunctional criminal justice system and disappear into a morass that's safely hidden from public view. Our \"tough on crime\" political rhetoric offers us no way out, and prison reformers are too quickly dismissed as soft on criminals. Meanwhile, the taxpayer picks up the extraordinary and unnecessary bill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Flogging\u003c\/i\u003e presents a solution both radical and simple: give criminals a choice between incarceration and the lash. Flogging is punishment: quick, cheap, and honest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Noted criminologist Peter Moskos, in irrefutable style, shows the logic of the new system while highlighting flaws in the status quo. Flogging may be cruel, but \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Flogging\u003c\/i\u003e shows us that compared to our broken prison system, it is the lesser of two evils.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Moskos\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of Law, Police Science, and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the City University of New York's Doctoral Program in Sociology, and is a former Baltimore City police officer. Author of \u003ci\u003eCop in the Hood\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2008 PROSE Award for best Sociology Book, he lives in Queens, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726092275986,"sku":"9780465032419","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d27a8b42-5495-46c7-a3d7-989252af75cd.jpg?v=1734854229","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-defense-of-flogging-9780465032419","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}