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Why Punish? How Much? - A Reader on Punishment (Hardcover, New)
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Why Punish? How Much? - A Reader on Punishment (Hardcover, New)
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Punishment is a complex human institution. It has normative,
political, social, psychological, and legal dimensions, and ways of
thinking about each of them change over time. For this reader on
punishment, Michael Tonry, a leading authority in the field, has
composed a comprehensive collection of 28 essays ranging from
classic and contemporary writings on normative theories by
philosophers and penal theorists to writings on restorative
justice, on how people think about punishment, and on social
theories about the functions punishment performs in human
societies. This volume includes an accessible, non-technical
introduction on the development of punishment theory, as well as an
introduction and annotated bibliography for each section. The
readings cover foundational traditions of punishment theory such as
consequentialism, retributivism, and functionalism, new approaches
like restorative, communitarian, and therapeutic justice, as well
as mixed approaches that attempt to link theory and policy. It
follows the evolution and development of thinking about punishment
spanning from writings by classical theorists such as Kant and
Hegel to recent developments in the behavioral and medical sciences
for thinking about punishment. The result is a collection of
empirically-informed efforts to explain what punishment does that
should spark contemplation and debate about why and how punishment
is carried out.
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