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Stranded Behind Bars: The Failure Of Retributive Justice (Research Materials), Holy Cross Libraries

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A bibliography of resources available through the Holy Cross Libraries which provide additional information related to "Stranded Behind Bars: The Failure of Retributive Justice," a lecture by Erin Kelly, professor of philosophy at Tufts University and author of “The Limits of Blame: Rethinking Punishment and Responsibility” (Harvard University Press, 2018), who explains how retributive justice exaggerates the moral meaning of criminal guilt, normalizes excessive punishment, and distracts from shared responsibility for social injustice.

The lecture was sponsored by the Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J. Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, and was held at the College of the Holy Cross …

Mlk Book Read 2019 (Research Materials), Holy Cross Libraries

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A bibliography of resources available through the Holy Cross Libraries which provide additional information related to the MLK Winter Book Read, based on the best-seller “Brother, I'm Dying" by Edwidge Danticat.

In, Out And About On The Hill: Lgbtqia+ Alums Reflect On Life At Holy Cross, 1978-2018, College Of The Holy Cross

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A new, expanded edition of reflective essays solicited by Prof. James B. Nickoloff from lesbian and gay alumni regarding their life at the College of the Holy Cross. The timeline begins in the late 1970s and extends to the late 2010s.

James B. Nickoloff, editor.

Contributing authors include:

Christopher Campbell

Carlito Espudo

Ellen J. Keohane

Lawrence Manfredi

Malcolm McCluskey

Rusmir Music

Nan O'Connor

Carmine Salvucci

Jeannie Seidler

Mairead M. Sullivan

Meghan T. Sweeney

The first edition was published in 2010.