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Carceral logics : human incarceration and animal captivity

Lori Gruen (Editor), Justin Marceau (Editor)
"Carceral logics permeate our thinking about humans and nonhumans. We imagine that greater punishment will reduce crime and make society safer. We hope that more convictions and policing for animal crimes will keep animals safe and elevate their social status. The dominant approach to human-animal relations is governed by an unjust imbalance of power that subordinates or ignores the interest nonhumans have in freedom. In this volume Lori Gruen and Justin Marceau invite experts to provide insights into the complicated intersection of issues that arise in thinking about animal law, violence, mass incarceration, and social change"--Publisher's description

eBook, English, 2022
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2022