{"product_id":"9780465023790","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\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoted 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105603010800,"sku":"9780465023790","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780465023790_p0.jpg?v=1763705506","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780465023790","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}