Normalizing Extreme Imprisonment: The Case of Life Without Parole in California

by Marion Vannier

A critical, theoretical, and empirical examination of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP) is long overdue. This book presents a unique case study of the 'normalization' of LWOP. More specifically, it explores the ties between LWOP's normalization and death penalty abolitionism, using California as a case study. Drawing on rich empirical research, it brings together relevant literature in criminology, the sociology of punishment,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198827822
• ISBN13: 9780198827825
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"