Reddit reviews In Defense of Flogging

sort of like prison instead of flogging.

http://www.amazon.com/In-Defense-Flogging-Peter-Moskos/dp/0465021484

Hopefully this isn't a day late and a dollar short, but I recently read an article about In Defense of Flogging.

While I'm not currently in a non-fiction mood (and when I am I've got a shelf to work through) it will probably be on my to read list soon.

Here is the article I read. Good luck!

In Defense of Flogging makes the case a little less seriously, but Moskos is still pretty on point.

There is a lot of scholarship that suggests physical punishment is quite effective at rehabilitation and a better alternative than our normal treatment of prisoners: http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Flogging-Peter-Moskos/dp/0465021484/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

The Muslim religion has more wisdom that you might want to admit.