Out of sight, out of mind : is solitary confinement offensive to the evolving standards of the US Constitution's Eighth Amendment?
The United States (US) Constitution’s Eighth Amendment includes a restriction on cruel and unusual punishments. Over the past fifty years the punishments clause has been developed by the US Supreme Court through its ‘evolving standards of decency’ (ESD) jurisprudence, restricting the range and appli...
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University of Surrey
2016
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683850 |