On prison systems

Brendan O’Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi
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Brendan O’Flaherty: Department of Economics, 5798Columbia University, USA
Rajiv Sethi: Department of Economics, 5919Barnard College, Columbia University and the Santa Fe Institute, USA

Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2025, vol. 24, issue 3, 231-241

Abstract: In The Idea of Prison Abolition , Tommie Shelby evaluates arguments for and against the elimination of incarceration as a mode of punishment. In this article, we discuss and expand upon Shelby's arguments, using two very different systems—those of Norway and the United States—as examples to illustrate some general principles.

Keywords: crime; punishment; prisons; violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1177/1470594X241287552

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