New York Conference to Address Aspects of Punishment in the U.S.

The New School in New York City is spon­sor­ing a research con­fer­ence enti­tled ​“Punishment: The U.S. Record” to be held November 30 and December 1, 2006. The con­fer­ence will cov­er all aspects of impris­on­ment and pun­ish­ment in the U.S., but some speak­ers will focus on the death penal­ty. In par­tic­u­lar, John Donohue III will exam­ine recent deter­rence stud­ies and David Garland will dis­cuss the func­tion that cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment serves in soci­ety. Other speak­ers at the con­fer­ence include U.S. Senator Barack Obama from Illinois (invit­ed), Bob Kerrey, President of the New School, and Stephen Bright of the Southern Center for Human Rights.

(New School Announcement, Sept. 12, 2006). See Conference Web site. See also Deterrence and Studies.