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41: Long Prison Sentences Are Cruel and Unusual, with Peter Moskos

Nov 10, 2021

01:31:17

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

NYPD Firearm Usage Stats

fatalencounters.org

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2020 - Prison Policy Initiative

Delancey Street Foundation

copinthehood.com

qualitypolicing.com