Peter Moskos, an Associate Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at City University of New York, and the author of In Defense of Flogging, is coming to the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. But don’t feel sorry for Australian criminals just yet. Indeed, Moskos is more about closing prisons than punishing offenders. Actually, In Defense of Flogging should be retitled In Defense of Demonising Prisons because Moskos’ book is devoted to paying out expensive prisons. As for justice, he argues that criminals should be given the choice between a good flogging and jail time. It’s not a compelling argument....