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The Story of Cruel and Unusual
ISBN: 9780262551960
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 30, 2024
A searing indictment of the American penal system that finds the roots of the recent prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo in the steady dismantling of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of "cruel and unusual" punishment.
Whiteness
ISBN: 9780262544191
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 4, 2022
The socially constructed phenomenon of whiteness: how it was created, how it changes, and how it protects and privileges people who are perceived as white.
Carceral Capitalism
ISBN: 9781635900026
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: February 23, 2018
Essays on the contemporary continuum of incarceration: the biopolitics of juvenile delinquency, predatory policing, the political economy of fees and fines, and algorithmic policing.
The Privacy Advocates
Resisting the Spread of Surveillance
ISBN: 9780262514873
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 13, 2010
An analysis of the people and groups who have emerged to challenge the increasingly intrusive ways personal information is captured, processed, and disseminated.
Privacy on the Line
The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption
ISBN: 9780262514002
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 26, 2010
A penetrating and insightful study of privacy and security in telecommunications for a post-9/11, post-Patriot Act world.
The Story of Cruel and Unusual
ISBN: 9780262551960
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 30, 2024
A searing indictment of the American penal system that finds the roots of the recent prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo in the steady dismantling of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of "cruel and unusual" punishment.
Whiteness
ISBN: 9780262544191
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 4, 2022
The socially constructed phenomenon of whiteness: how it was created, how it changes, and how it protects and privileges people who are perceived as white.
Carceral Capitalism
ISBN: 9781635900026
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: February 23, 2018
Essays on the contemporary continuum of incarceration: the biopolitics of juvenile delinquency, predatory policing, the political economy of fees and fines, and algorithmic policing.
The Privacy Advocates
Resisting the Spread of Surveillance
ISBN: 9780262514873
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 13, 2010
An analysis of the people and groups who have emerged to challenge the increasingly intrusive ways personal information is captured, processed, and disseminated.
Privacy on the Line
The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption
ISBN: 9780262514002
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 26, 2010
A penetrating and insightful study of privacy and security in telecommunications for a post-9/11, post-Patriot Act world.