The Case Against Punishment : Retribution, Crime Prevention, and the Law.

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What ends do we expect and hope to serve in punishing criminal wrongdoers? Does the punishment of offenders do more harm than good for American society? In The Case against Punishment, Deirdre Golash addresses these and other questions about the value of punishment in contemporary society. Drawing o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Golash, Deirdre
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2005.
Temas:
Punishment.
LAW > General.
Punishment
This.
argues.
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criminal.
done.
harm.
morally.
offenders.
punishing.
that.
ultimately.
unjustified.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; 1. An Institution in Search of a Moral Grounding; 2. Does Punishment Do More Good than Harm?; 3. Preserving the Moral Order; 4. Retribution and Social Choice; 5. Punishment as Self-Defense; 6. Punishment as Communication; 7. Is Punishment Justified?; 8. What If Punishment Is Not Justified?; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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