Judicial Corporal Punishment as an Alternative to Incarceration in the United States: Lessons Learned from Islamic Criminal Justice Systems - Hardcover

by Sanaz Alasti (Author), Mitchel P. Roth (Foreword by)

This book ignites debates about the history and persistence of judicial corporal punishment in criminal justice systems and examines if corporal punishment is a less cruel alternative to spending years behind bars in primitive and punitive jails and prisons.

Author Biography

Sanaz Alasti is professor of criminal justice and director of the center for death penalty studies at Lamar University.