The Public Eye Magazine
The Public Eye, Winter 2004

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47

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Crime and Political Ideology

“An eye for an eye” captures the conservative model of punishment in contemporary western societies.

Jean Hardisty

December 1, 2004

Article

A sign on cardboard says "Fuck 12, Defund CPD, Abolish ICE, Free them All, Defund the Carceral System, Free them all"

Public Eye

Calvinism, Capitalism, Conversion, and Incarceration

Why are increased sentences and the severe punishment of those convicted of crimes so popular and prevalent in U.S. culture? Since the late 1970s our society has accepted increasingly rigid and vengeful ways of punishing those convicted of crimes.

Chip Berlet

November 6, 2004

Law Enforcement