In "Punishment and Inequality in America," Bruce Western discusses (among other issues)

a. how corporal punishment in family and education has changed over America's history.
b. the transition from rehabilitation to punishment in America's criminal justice system.
c. different styles of punishment of children in families of different race and ethnicity.
d. the relationship of social class and capital punishment.


b

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