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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814189203321

Titolo

Retributivism has a past [[electronic resource] ] : has it a future? / / edited by Michael Tonry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011

ISBN

0199798400

9780199798407

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 291 p

Collana

Studies in penal theory and philosophy

Altri autori (Persone)

TonryMichael H

Disciplina

364.601

Soggetti

Punishment - Philosophy

Retribution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Can Twenty-first Century Punishment Policies Be Justified in Principle? -- 2. Is Twenty-first Century Punishment Post-desert? -- 3. What Does Wrongdoing Deserve? -- 4. Responsibility, Restoration, and Retribution -- 5. Punishment and Desert-adjusted Utilitarianism -- 6. The Future of State Punishment: The Role of Public Opinion in Sentencing -- 7. A Political Theory of Imprisonment for Public Protection -- 8. Terror as a Theory of Punishment -- 9. Can Above-desert Penalties Be Justified by Competing Deontological Theories? -- 10. Never Mind the Pain, It's a Measure! Justifying Measures as Part of the Dutch Bifurcated System of Sanctions -- 11. Retributivism, Proportionality, and the Challenge of the Drug Court Movement -- 12. Drug Treatment Courts as Communicative Punishment -- 13. Punishment Futures: Th e Desert-model Debate and the Importance of the Criminal Law Context -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of essays by major figures in punishment theory, law, and philosophy that reconsiders the popularity and prospects of retributivism, the notion that punishment is morally justified because people have behaved wrongly.