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Carceral Logics: Human Incarceration and Animal Captivity, Edited by Lori Gruen and Justin Marceau

Interviewed by Marc Bekoff, Psychology Today / Animal Emotions

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Carceral Logics: Human Incarceration and Animal Captivity
Available to purchase from Cambridge University Press
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Online ISBN: 9781108919210

Lori Gruen and Justin Marceau are two of the world's leaders in the ethics of captivity (Lori) and prison reform (Justin). I've previously written about their seminal work, and now they've joined forces to produce a highly original and important open-access edited book: Carceral Logics: Human Incarceration and Animal Captivity.

In this transdisciplinary volume of 19 essays, we learn about the intersection between what happens to caged humans and nonhumans, why caging doesn't work for either group of individuals, and why animal law is a "hot field." Carceral Logics sets the standard for what is needed now and in the future for reforming and ending captivity both for caged humans and nonhumans. I'm pleased Lori and Justin could answer a few questions about their landmark book.

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