Crimes of punishment [[electronic resource] ] : America's culture of violence / / Theodore L. Dorpat

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451472403321
• Autore: Dorpat Theodore L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Algora Pub., c2007
• ISBN: 9786611398323; 1-281-39832-2; 0-87586-565-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.973
• Soggetti: Criminal psychology; Punishment (Psychology); Imprisonment - Psychological aspects; Behavior therapy; Violence - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-276) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A psychoanalytic perspective on the effects of punishment -- Punishment and the cycle of violence -- The effects of corporal punishment on children -- Punishments and perils in today's prisons -- Prisons are "factories of crime" -- The scapegoating of prisoners -- The process of criminalization of prisoners--a relational perspective -- The limitations of prison reform --; Arguments for and against the death penalty -- Is there a moral justification for punishment? -- Does incarceration deter the offender from committing further crimes? -- Notes on relationships between religion, nonviolence, and punishment -- Why incarcerate women? -- Emotional abuse -- Social systems of domination and punishment -- The sociopathology of the prison system --; Crimes of the poor and crimes of the rich--a comparison -- A nonviolent approach to communicating and relating to others -- On the effectiveness of nonviolent approaches in groups -- Restorative justice--a new form of nonpunitive justice social injustice -- Domestic ; abuse--a comparison between the retributive justice and restorative justice approaches -- Restorative justice and retributive justice--a comparison.
• Sommario/riassunto: This groundbreaking book by an award-winning psychoanalyst and forensic psychiatrist presents a comprehensive exploration of a timely but often taboo topic: the failure of punishment to deter crime and violence, an issue that affects us both individually and as a culture. Written at the culmination of the author s fifty-year career as a psychoanalyst, forensic psychologist and scholar, this wide-ranging work identifies the origins of violence and investigates the surprising consequences of punishment from a multitude of perspectives. In his treatment of the topic, Dr. Dorpat utilizes scientifi