The Rationale of Punishment
Author | : Jeremy Bentham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1830 |
Genre | : Punishment |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Jeremy Bentham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1830 |
Genre | : Punishment |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Edmund L. Pincoffs |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Michael J. Zimmerman |
Publisher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2011-04-20 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1554810558 |
In The Immorality of Punishment Michael Zimmerman argues forcefully that not only our current practice but indeed any practice of legal punishment is deeply morally repugnant, no matter how vile the behaviour that is its target. Despite the fact that it may be difficult to imagine a state functioning at all, let alone well, without having recourse to punishing those who break its laws, Zimmerman makes a timely and compelling case for the view that we must seek and put into practice alternative means of preventing crime and promoting social stability.
Author | : Heinrich Oppenheimer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Punishment |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Edmund Peter Pincoffs |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jesper Ryberg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0199941378 |
Should public opinion determine--or even influence--sentencing policy and practice? Should the punishment of criminal offenders reflect what the public regards as appropriate? These deceptively simple questions conceal complex theoretical and methodological challenges to the administration of punishment. In the West, politicians have often answered these questions in the affirmative; penal reforms have been justified with direct reference to the attitudes of the public. This is why the contention that politicians should bridge the gap between the public and criminal justice practice has widespread resonance. Criminal law scholars, for their part, have often been more reluctant to accept public input in penal practice, and some have even held that the idea of consulting public opinion constitutes a populist approach to punishment. The purpose of this book is to examine the moral significance of public opinion for penal theory and practice. For the first time in a single volume the editors, Jesper Ryberg and Julian V. Roberts, have assembled a number of respected criminologists, philosophers, and legal theorists to address the various aspects of why and how public opinion should be reflected in the way the criminal justice system deals with criminals. The chapters address the myriad complexities surrounding this issue by first weighing the justifications for incorporating public views into punishment practices and then considering the various ways this might be achieved through juries, prosecutors, restorative justice programs, and other means.
Author | : Christopher Heath Wellman |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 019027476X |
In Rights Forfeiture and Punishment, Christopher Heath Wellman argues that those who seek to defend the moral permissibility of punishment should shift their focus from general justifying aims to moral side constraints. On Wellman's view, punishment is permissible just in case the wrongdoer has forfeited her right against punishment.
Author | : Hyman Gross |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2012-01-12 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0199644713 |
Presenting an engaging critique of current criminal justice practice in the UK and USA, this book introduces central questions of criminal law theory. It develops a forceful argument that the prevailing justifications for punishment are misguided, and have resulted in the systematic infliction of unnecessary human misery.
Author | : David Boonin |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2008-04-14 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521883160 |
In this book, David Boonin examines the problem of punishment, and particularly the problem of explaining why it is morally permissible for the state to treat those who break the law in ways that would be wrong to treat those who do not. Boonin argues that there is no satisfactory solution to this problem and that the practice of legal punishment should therefore be abolished. Providing a detailed account of the nature of punishment and the problems that it generates, he offers a comprehensive and critical survey of the various solutions that have been offered to the problem and concludes by considering victim restitution as an alternative to punishment. Written in a clear and accessible style, The Problem of Punishment will be of interest to anyone looking for a critical introduction to the subject as well as to those already familiar with it.
Author | : Igor Primoratz |
Publisher | : Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1997-11 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 159102983X |
While the philosophy of punishment is dominated by utilitarian and "mixed" theories, this study, written in the analytic tradition but also drawing on the views of Hegel, argues for a purely retributive view: all the main questions facing a theory of punishment are answered in terms of justice and desert, without any concessions to social expediency.