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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164030203321

Autore

Lucken Karol

Titolo

Rethinking punishment : challenging conventions in research and policy / / Karol M. Lucken

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-70978-3

1-317-48697-8

1-317-48698-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

364.60973

Soggetti

Punishment - United States - History

Prisons - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Justifying punishment : a moral and economic defense of policy -- 3. Defining punishment : the essential attributes of penal activity -- 4. Measuring punishment : the scope and severity of penal activity -- 5. Evaluating punishment : "what works" and the pursuit of effectiveness -- 6. Prescribing punishment : alternative directions in research and policy.