Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: American Living in a Time of Punishment -- 1 When Punishment Is the Subject, Religion Is the Predicate -- 2 ''A Heart Is Not Wholly Corrupted'': Revolution, Religion, Punishment -- 3 Reforming the Reforms -- 4 Punishment Creep -- 5 Vigilantism and Progressivism -- 6 The Devilish Generation -- 7 Flogging for Jesus -- 8 Pain Becomes Valuable Again -- 9 Pop Culture and the Criminal Element -- 10 Stunning Technology -- 11 The Return to Restraint -- 12 Abu Ghraib, USA -- Epilogue: A Little Good News -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.