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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.601
• Soggetto topico: Punishment - Philosophy; Retribution
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: TonryMichael H
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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 Sanctions11. Retributivism, Proportionality, and the Challenge of the Drug Court Movement; 12. Drug Treatment Courts as Communicative Punishment; 13. Punishment Futures: The Desert-model Debate and the Importance of the Criminal Law Context; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: For nearly two centuries in the United States, the punishment of crime was largely aimed, in theory and in practice, at prevention, rehabilitation or incapacitation, and deterrence. In the mid-1970's, a sharp-and some argued permanent-shift occurred. Punishment in the criminal justice system became first and foremost about retribution. Retribution trumped rehabilitation; proportionality outweighed prevention. The retributivist sea change was short-lived, however. After a few decades, some policy makers returned tentatively to individualized approaches to punishment, launching initiatives like...
• Titolo autorizzato: Retributivism has a past
• ISBN: 0-19-991937-2; 1-283-42738-9; 9786613427380; 0-19-979840-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457503203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in penal theory and philosophy.