tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83404878433948507122023-11-15T06:40:04.561-08:00Cruel and Unusual: A Podcast on PunishmentThis podcast explores why and how people are punished in the United States and throughout the world, ranging from criminal punishment to disciplining children. Each episode features a fifteen minute interview with a punisher (e.g., a judge or parent), someone punished (e.g., convicts or children), or those who study punishment (e.g., academics). So listen up...or be punished.Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-8413505884435747492016-01-11T19:05:00.000-08:002016-01-12T18:10:30.230-08:00Free Will and Just Deserts w/ Tamler Sommers <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In the first part of our interview with philosophy professor and fellow podcaster <a href="http://www.class.uh.edu/faculty/tsommers/">Tamler Sommers</a>, we discuss the link between free will and deserving punishment.<br />
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The episode can be found <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392?mt=2">here</a>, or if you haven't iTunes <a href="http://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HgwdJb">here</a>.<br />
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And check out Tamler's wonderful podcast, <a href="http://verybadwizards.com/">Very Bad Wizards</a>. </div>
Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-23327361388423045312015-10-16T07:53:00.001-07:002015-10-16T09:41:03.270-07:00Payback Culture w/ Thane Rosenbaum <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In the second part of our interview with <a href="http://www.thanerosenbaum.com/">Professor Thane Rosenbaum</a>, we discuss his (and my) favorite films, books, and music about revenge.<br />
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The episode can be found <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392?mt=2">here</a>, or if you haven't iTunes <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/gz3hck5yn8fh2dt/Revenge%20Culture%20w%3A%20Thane%20Rosenbaum.mp3?dl=0">here</a>.<br />
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And check out Professor Rosenbaum's book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Payback-Case-Revenge-Thane-Rosenbaum/dp/0226726614">Payback: The Case for Revenge</a>. </div>
Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-13188416088324324362015-09-25T12:55:00.003-07:002015-10-16T07:56:30.738-07:00Celebrating Payback w/ Thane Rosenbaum <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In this interview with <a href="http://www.thanerosenbaum.com/">Professor Thane Rosenbaum</a>, we discuss why revenge is a good thing and how our criminal justice system has failed to recognize this.<br />
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The episode can be found <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4">here</a>, or if you haven't iTunes<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/r4bzmxdfukkqhto/RosenbaumInterviewPart1.mp3?dl=0"> here</a>.<br />
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And check out Professor Rosenbaum's book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Payback-Case-Revenge-Thane-Rosenbaum/dp/0226726614">Payback: The Case for Revenge</a>. </div>
Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-89172752077625233902015-08-27T09:48:00.001-07:002015-08-27T09:48:30.618-07:00The Death of the Death Penalty? w/ Austin Sarat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In this wide-ranging interview with capital punishment expert <a href="https://www.amherst.edu/people/facstaff/adsarat">Austin Sarat</a>, we discuss the new abolitionist movement's arguments against the death penalty as well as Professor Sarat's own study of botched executions.<br />
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The episode can be found <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4">here</a>, or if you haven't iTunes <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ftrc90t6ixlgke/The%20Death%20of%20the%20Death%20Penalty%3F%20w%3A%20Austin%20Sarat.mp3?dl=0">here</a>.<br />
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And check out Professor Sarat's latest work, <a href="http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=23979">Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America's Death Penalty</a>. </div>
Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-73122157607515612102013-05-22T10:51:00.001-07:002013-05-22T10:51:52.469-07:00Animal Trials (and Punishments) w/ Katie Sykes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Do you find the idea of a pig on trial for murder or locusts punished for trespass ridiculous? If so (and I hope you do), than the history of medieval animal trials will likely intrigue, disturb, and downright baffle you. Fortunately, <a href="http://dal.academia.edu/KatieSykes">Katie Sykes</a> helps us unpack one of the strangest phenomena in the long, lurid history of punishment.<br />
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Listen up <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4">here</a>, or if you haven't iTunes <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/gnl027wrls00wre/Animal%20Trials%20w_Katie%20Sykes.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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And purchase the classic treatise on this topic <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Criminal-Prosecution-Capital-Punishment-Animals/dp/1616190302/ref=la_B001K7ZJTO_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369244857&sr=1-1">here</a>. </div>
Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-16518684037162503032013-03-25T10:57:00.001-07:002013-03-25T10:57:30.232-07:00Sex and Punishment w/ Eric Berkowitz<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Few acts have inspired more creative, repressive, and downright disturbing punishments than s-e-x. Author Eric Berkowitz joins us for a discussion on the long history of punishing sex, and how recent sex laws can be just as disturbing as those passed during the Middle Ages.<br />
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The episode can be found <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4">here</a>, or if you haven't iTunes, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/kwd5kss9bqj8b4w/Sex%20and%20Punishment%20w_%20Eric%20Berkowitz.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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And check out Eric's book, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Punishment-Thousand-Judging-Desire/dp/1582437963">Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire</a>, </i>and visit the book's <a href="http://www.sexandpunishmentthebook.com/">website</a>. <br />
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Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-71682437332833977742013-02-04T20:18:00.000-08:002013-02-04T20:19:41.240-08:00From Jailhouse Lawyer to Law Student w/ Shon Hopwood<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Shon Hopwood spent over a decade in federal prison for a series of bank robberies. While incarcerated, Hopwood became the most successful jailhouse lawyer in recent American history, writing two successful petitions to the United States Supreme Court. Join us for part two of our interview, where we discuss Hopwood's experience as a jailhouse lawyer and his transition back into society.<br />
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Check it out <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4">here</a> or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ywabe8ehp73dd44/From%20Jailhouse%20Lawyer%20to%20Law%20Student%20w_%20Shon%20Hopwood.output.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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And make sure to check out Shon's book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Law-Man-Robbing-Winning-Redemption/dp/0307887839">Law Man</a>. </div>
Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-45034308887706011582013-01-07T17:37:00.002-08:002013-01-08T08:17:34.348-08:00From Bank Robber to Jailhouse Lawyer w/ Shon Hopwood<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.shonhopwood.com/">Shon Hopwood</a> spent over a decade in federal prison for a series of bank robberies. While incarcerated, Hopwood became the most successful jailhouse lawyer in recent American history, writing two successful petitions to the United States Supreme Court. Join us for part one of a very special two-part series, where we first discuss Hopwood's bank robberies and his time behind bars.<br />
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You can listen <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392">here</a>, or if you haven't iTunes <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/lwfg5q6ptyohmxe/From%20Robbing%20Banks%20to%20Doing%20Justice%20w_Shon%20Hopwood%202.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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And be sure to pick up Shon's book, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Law-Man-Robbing-Winning-Redemption/dp/0307887839">Law Man: My Story of Robbing Banks, Winning Supreme Court Cases, and Finding Redemption</a></i>. </div>
Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-52589447586956073152012-10-29T08:54:00.000-07:002012-10-29T08:54:26.319-07:00The American Origins of Prison w/ Michael Meranze<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Prison is as American as apple pie. And unlike apple pie, the modern prison system actually began in the United States. Today's guest, <a href="http://www.history.ucla.edu/people/faculty?lid=2792">Professor Michael Meranze</a>, not only discusses the origins of American prisons with us, but some of early incarceration's rather grislier details.<br />
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You can listen<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4"> here</a>, or if you haven't iTunes then <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/kwbp29epeaqtg8u/The%20American%20Origins%20of%20Prison%20w_%20Michael%20Meranze.output.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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And check out Professor Meranze's book, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Laboratories-Virtue-Punishment-Revolution-Philadelphia/dp/0807822779">Laboratories of Virtue</a></i>. </div>
Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-19138361356099183802012-10-16T07:59:00.002-07:002012-10-16T07:59:44.778-07:00From Dungeons to Medieval Prisons w/ Guy Geltner<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Few things occupy a more terrifying place in the modern mindset than medieval prisons. According to <a href="http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/g.geltner/">Professor Guy Geltner</a>, however, this historical conception is far from the truth. While medieval prisons were no paradise, they were, in many important ways, not nearly as bad as penal conditions today. How can that be? Listen up and find out!<br />
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You can listen <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392">here</a> on iTunes, or if you haven't iTunes, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/wy8lqihrabqs3lk/From%20Dungeons%20to%20Prisons%20w_%20Guy%20Geltner.output%201.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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And make sure to check out Professor Geltner's groundbreaking book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Prison-Social-History/dp/0691135339/ref=la_B001JSFI6S_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1350399397&sr=1-2">The Medieval Prison</a>. </div>
Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-65999270389035035642012-09-02T08:41:00.001-07:002012-09-02T14:15:11.672-07:00In Defense of Flogging w/ Peter Moskos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family:font-family: inherit;">The title says it all. According to today's guest, former police officer <a href="http://www.petermoskos.com/">Peter Moskos</a>, the convicted should have a choice of whether to serve prison time or undergo a brutal caning. </span></div>
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You can get the episode <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4">here</a>, or if you haven't iTunes, then <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/r521dd7zjvck0gl/In%20Defense%20of%20Flogging%20w_%20Peter%20Moskos.mp3">here</a>. </span></div>
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And check out Professor Moskos's works <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Moskos/e/B001ILIFXY/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1346600449&sr=8-1">here</a>.
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Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-9171656120601023402012-08-26T16:10:00.000-07:002012-08-26T20:44:38.378-07:00Community Corrections w/ Edward Latessa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">In our second episode on alternatives to incarceration we sit down with </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://cjonline.uc.edu/masters-in-criminal-justice/faculty/edward-latessa-ph-d/">Professor Edward Latessa</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"> and discuss </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">everything from the ever controversial halfway houses to the ever absurd bootcamps</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;">You can download the episode <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392">here</a>, or if you haven't itunes, then <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5vtnwiekq1rjbz1/Community%20Corrections%20w_%20Edward%20Latessa.mp3">here</a>. </span></div>
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Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-49440101792655148292012-08-19T19:57:00.002-07:002012-08-19T19:57:54.365-07:00Probation and Parole w/ Megan Sacks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Given American prisons' overcrowding and expense, judges have </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">increasingly looked for alternatives to incarceration. Probation, or </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">releasing convicts in lieu of serving prison time, has proven </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">especially popular. Professor <a href="http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=8097">Megan Sacks</a>, a former probation officer, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">fills us in on the pluses and perils of probation, the utter </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">failure(s) of parole, and her own work on the front lines.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Listen to the episode <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392">here</a>, or if you haven't iTunes, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/1m7tb36tiumoz6p/Probation%20and%20Parole%20w_%20Megan%20Sacks.mp3">here</a>. </span></div>
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Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-4867841464353191712012-08-12T16:29:00.003-07:002012-08-12T16:32:25.923-07:00The Politicization of Punishment w/ Jonathan Simon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In our final episode on mass incarceration in the United States, we speak to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Simon">Jonathan Simon</a>, among the most influential sociologists currently breathing. According to Professor Simon, all three branches of federal and state government, not to mention us voters, are ultimately responsible for the nation's repressive and wasteful prison system.<br />
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You can find the episode <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392">here</a>, or if you haven't iTunes, then <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/t10o27qid6c0szj/The%20Politicization%20of%20Punishment%20w_%20Jonathon%20Simon.mp3?m">here</a>.<br />
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Also check out Professor Simon's latest work, <span id="btAsinTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><i>Governing Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear</i></span></span>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Governing-Through-Crime-Transformed-Democracy/dp/0195386019/ref=la_B001HCU6V8_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344813982&sr=1-1">here</a>. </div>Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-75718282799909901242012-08-05T15:56:00.001-07:002012-08-05T15:56:38.890-07:00Mass Incarceration w/ Ernest Drucker<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The United States, despite its plummeting crime rate, continues to imprison people en masse. According to today's guest, the nation's incarceratory zeal constitutes a literal epidemic, comparable to the AIDS outbreak or the rising rates of obesity. How did we get here? How do we get out? Listen up and find out!<br />
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You can download the episode on iTunes <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392">here</a>, or, if you haven't iTunes, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/hm53sr09gkglk28/Mass%20Incarceration%20w_%20Ernest%20Drucker.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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And make sure to check out Professor Drucker's book, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Plague-Prisons-Epidemiology-Incarceration-America/dp/1595584978">A Plague of Prisons: The Epidemiology of Mass Incarceration in America</a></i>. </div>Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-29708208057483781982012-07-29T12:18:00.006-07:002012-07-29T12:21:37.407-07:00The Death Penalty w/ David Garland<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The United States is the only industrialized Western nation that executes its own citizens. Why is this? Is this a good or a bad thing? In today's episode we explore these questions with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W._Garland">Professor David Garland</a>, perhaps the leading expert on capital punishment in the United States.<br />
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You can check out the episode on iTunes <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392">here</a>, or, if you haven't iTunes, then <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/16u5f527yvjfstx/The%20Death%20Penalty%20w_%20David%20Garland.mp3">here</a>. </div>
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Also check out Professor Garland's excellent book on the death penalty, <i>Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition, </i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Peculiar-Institution-Americas-Penalty-Abolition/dp/0199594996">here</a>. And if that isn't enough, why not read Justice John Paul Stevens's <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/dec/23/death-sentence/?pagination=false">review</a> of it? </div>
</div>Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-54837670406120992742012-07-24T10:01:00.000-07:002012-07-24T10:02:38.400-07:00Selective Incapacitation w/ Kate Auerhahn<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
American criminal justice has long concerned itself with finding the most dangerous criminals and separating them from society. The problem with this, according to today's <a href="http://www.temple.edu/cj/auerhahn/index.html">guest</a>, is determining exactly who the most dangerous criminals are. What do Charles Manson and a fellow incarcerated for life for stealing a pizza pie have in common? Listen up and find out!<br />
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Listen <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392">here</a> on iTunes or, if you do not have iTunes, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/4veqrljxjmx0xkn/Selective%20Incapacitation%20w_%20Kate%20Auerhahn.mp3">here</a>. </div>Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-47723263280249126902012-07-15T11:53:00.001-07:002012-07-15T15:32:38.640-07:00Restorative Justice w/ Kim Cook<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In the past few years, the idea of restorative justice has gained traction as an alternative theory of punishment. This simple idea involves having offenders and victims meet face to face, and the latter then explaining how he or she has been injured by the former. While opponents of restorative justice have labeled it hopelessly naive, today's guest, <a href="http://www.uncw.edu/soccrm/cook.html">Professor Kim Cook</a>, believes restorative justice may be an antidote to needless incarceration.<br />
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Listen up <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392">here</a> or, if you haven't iTunes <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/tsdihosryf2amld/Restorative%20Justice%20w%3A%20Kim%20Cook.mp3">here</a>. </div>Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-14222032608354561252012-07-08T02:36:00.000-07:002012-07-08T02:37:46.734-07:00What Hell is Like w/ Edward Fudge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In the second part of our two-part series on Hell, we discuss the different views of what Hell is like. According to Protestant Pastor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fudge">Edward Fudge</a>, the Bible points in a single direction. Whether you agree, disagree, or don't really have an opinion either way, Pastor Fudge provides excellent insight into how the ultimate punishment is understood by many people today.<br />
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You can listen to the podcast <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392">here</a>, or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/q1qrbrlbridpk6l/What%20Hell%20is%20Like%20w_%20Edward%20Fudge.mp3">here</a> if you do not have iTunes.<br />
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You can purchase Pastor Fudge's book, <i>The Fire That Consumes, </i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fire-That-Consumes-Historical-Punishment/dp/0595143423">here</a>. </div>Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-23013502113207206902012-07-01T01:25:00.002-07:002012-07-02T09:08:35.993-07:00Hell's Origins w/ Alan Bernstein<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In today's episode we tackle the ultimate punishment of all, none other than Hell. Hell scholar <a href="http://history.arizona.edu/alan-bernstein">Alan Bernstein</a> discusses how the concept of eternal punishment has varied and evolved throughout European and Middle Eastern history. Our subject may be Hell, but this episode is Heaven to listen to.<br />
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You can listen to the episode on iTunes <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392">here</a>, or, if you haven't iTunes, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/2tei4ykudxfo689/Hell%27s%20Origins%20w%3A%20Alan%20Bernstein.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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Pick up Alan Bernstein's major work, <i>The Formation of Hell</i>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Formation-Hell-Retribution-Christian/dp/0801481317">here</a>. </div>Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-5066559304874725842012-06-24T17:07:00.001-07:002012-06-24T17:07:07.757-07:00Rehabilitation w/ Charlie Sullivan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
While the public supports rehabilitating criminal offenders, the State isn't so keen on it. Charlie Sullivan, co-founder of Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE), has done more than almost anyone to try and change the State's thinking. How well has he succeeded? Join us to find out!<br />
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On iTunes <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392">here</a>, or if you haven't iTunes, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5xkbohuuzgdkulv/Rehabilitation%20w_%20Charlie%20Sullivan.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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You can contact CURE <a href="http://www.internationalcure.org/">here</a>.<br />
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How can we deter people from committing crimes? According to Professor David Kennedy, rather than waiting to incarcerate offenders, we should actually sit them down and discuss the consequences of their actions. Sound crazy? The evidence shows otherwise.<br />
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Listen to the episode on iTunes <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392">here</a>, or, if you're technologically behind, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/89azc6u732b1x8f/Deterrence%20w%3A%20David%20Kennedy.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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You can buy Professor Kennedy's newest work <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Shoot-Fellowship-Violence-Inner-City/dp/1608192644">here</a>.<br />
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In our second interview with <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/21/nyregion/21dna.html?_r=1">Jeffrey Deskovic</a>, a man imprisoned 16 years for a rape and murder that he did not commit, we go over Jeffrey's exoneration, his struggles for compensation, and the eventual establishment of the <a href="http://www.thejeffreydeskovicfoundationforjustice.org/">Jeffrey Desckovic Foundation for Justice</a>.<br />
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Listen on iTunes <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392">here</a>, or, if you haven't iTunes, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ksf59stpf2r34bc/Exonerated%20w%3A%20Jeffrey%20Deskovic.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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You can donate to Jeffrey's foundation <a href="http://www.thejeffreydeskovicfoundationforjustice.org/">here</a>. </div>Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-40407811384374833102012-06-03T12:15:00.000-07:002012-06-05T15:35:01.177-07:00Life in Prison w/ Jeffrey Deskovic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
At the age of sixteen <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/21/nyregion/21dna.html">Jeffrey Mark Deskovic</a> was falsely convicted of the rape and murder of a fellow classmate. In this interview, Jeffrey discusses his arrest, trial, and sixteen year imprisonment for a crime that he did not commit. If you think that you know anything about our nation's penal system, listen up.<br />
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Listen to the episode on iTunes<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392"> here</a>, or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/mtof3o6u2b29l8u/Life%20in%20Prison%20w%3A%20Jeffrey%20Deskovic.mp3">here</a>. </div>
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Donate to the Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice <a href="http://www.thejeffreydeskovicfoundationforjustice.org/">here</a> in order to help prevent future wrongful convictions. </div>
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Note: This is part 1 of a 2 part interview. </div>
</div>Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340487843394850712.post-85557679861498142832012-05-26T11:23:00.003-07:002012-05-31T07:03:13.521-07:00Retribution w/ Jeffrie G. Murphy</div>Do criminals deserve to suffer? Professor <a href="http://homepages.law.asu.edu/~jeffriem/">Jeffrie G. Murphy</a> believes the answer is yes, but also thinks the U.S. has taken things a bit too far.<br />
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Listen to the episode <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cruel-unusual-podcast-on-punishment/id527647392">here</a> or, if you haven't iTunes (and why not?), <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ooci24yve8rl4md/Retribution%20w%3AJeffrie%20G.%20Murphy.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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Check out Professor Murphy's works <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_tc_2_0?rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3AJeffrie+G.+Murphy&keywords=Jeffrie+G.+Murphy&ie=UTF8&qid=1338056458&sr=1-2-ent&field-contributor_id=B001HCY1XW">here</a>.</div>Zachary Shemtobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916319303031993014noreply@blogger.com0