Thinking about prisons
A response to O’Flaherty, Sethi, and Murphy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12701154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tommie Shelby (0009-0007-7529-1497, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 242-248 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics Philosophy & Economics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-594X • E-ISSN: 1741-3060 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1470594x241295675 |
| OpenAlex | W4404049590 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
I provide a response to the commentaries on my book The Idea of Prison Abolition (2022) by Brendan O’Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi and by Colleen Murphy. With respect to the first commentary, I briefly discuss the comparison of US prisons to Norwegian prisons; the deterrent effect of well-crafted sentences; and the prospects of a world without prisons. In response to the second commentary, I argue that the methods of the scholar-activist and those of the analytic political philosopher are not incompatible with meaningful engagement and disagreement on the abolition-versus-reform question despite these methodological differences
Criminology · Economics · Law and economics · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |