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The Punitive Turn in American Life: How the United States Learned to Fight Crime Like a War Audiobook, by Michael S. Sherry Play Audiobook Sample

The Punitive Turn in American Life: How the United States Learned to Fight Crime Like a War Audiobook

The Punitive Turn in American Life: How the United States Learned to Fight Crime Like a War Audiobook, by Michael S. Sherry Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Rick Adamson Publisher: Tantor Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 8.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 6.25 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: April 2021 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781705283127

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

18

Longest Chapter Length:

56:16 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

23:56 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

41:23 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson insisted that "the policeman is the frontline soldier in our war against crime," and police forces, arms makers, policy makers, and crime experts heeded this call to arms, bringing weapons and practices from the arena of war back home. The Punitive Turn in American Life offers a political and cultural history of the ways in which punishment and surveillance have moved to the center of American life and become imbued with militarized language and policies. Michael S. Sherry argues that, by the 1990s, the "war on crime" had been successfully broadcast to millions of Americans at an enormous cost and that the currents of vengeance that ran through the punitive turn, underwriting torture at home and abroad, found a new voice with the election of Donald J. Trump. By 2020, the connections between war-fighting and crime-fighting remained powerful, evident in campaigns against undocumented immigrants and the militarized police response to the nationwide uprisings after George Floyd's murder.

From the racist system of mass incarceration and the militarization of criminal justice to gated communities, public schools patrolled by police, and armies of private security, Sherry chronicles the United States' slide into becoming a meaner, punishment-obsessed nation.

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About Rick Adamson

Rick Adamson is an award-winning voice artist with more than twenty years’ experience in voiceovers, spoken word events, event announcing, and children’s media, as well as commercials for well-known international corporations. He has narrated numerous television and film documentaries, including Croatia, co-narrated with Martin Sheen. His audiobook narration includes more than two dozen major books, as well as dozens of early-reader titles for juveniles. He won the prestigious Audie Award in 2011 for Best Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction for In a Heartbeat, and he was among the finalists for the 2006 Audie Award for Best Personal Development/Motivational Work for Younger Next Year. He earned an AudioFile Earphones Award for the ensemble narration of Rough Water.