Josh Rothman writes in the Boston Globe:
His book is, as promised, a well-reasoned defense of flogging. It’s also an attack upon the penal system.
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It’s hard to say how serious Moskos is being (though my money is on “pretty serious”). Even if you aren’t convinced that flogging is the future, though, Moskos’ deeper argument is still compelling.
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