Autore	Petković Krešimir <1982->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (597 pages) : illustrations, tables
Disciplina	364.601
Soggetto topico	Punishment - Philosophy
ISBN	1-4985-1345-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction : probing the extremes -- Death penalty : political theory of extreme punishment -- A history of violence : changing conceptions of punishment in time and some attempts to explain them -- Comparative politics of punishment : stories from the penal peripheries -- Punishment and power : if power punishes, does absolute power punish absolutely? -- Punishment and the sacred : how do great religions punish? -- Punishment and fiction : images of violence in literature and film -- Criminology : politics in the science of crime -- Dismantling sorrow.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910822770403321

Autore	Ferguson Robert A. <1942->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (352 p.)
Disciplina	364.601
Soggetto topico	Punishment - Philosophy Punishment - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-674-36993-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction The Intractable Problem -- 1. Punishment Misunderstood -- 2. The Rachet Effect in Theory -- 3. The Mixed Signs in Suffering -- 4. The Legal Punishers -- 5. The Legally Punished -- 6. The Punitive Impulse in American Society -- 7. The Law against Itself -- Coda The Psychology of Punishment -- Notes -- Cases Cited -- Further Reading -- Credits -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910463938803321

Edizione	[1st ed. 2023.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (801 pages)
Disciplina	364.601
Collana	Palgrave Handbooks in the Philosophy of Law
Soggetto topico	Ethics Punishment - Philosophy
ISBN	9783031118746 9783031118739
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	1. Introduction: Punishment, Its Meaning and Justification; Matthew C. Altman -- Part I: Philosophic History of Punishment Theory -- 2. The Philosophy of Punishment and the Arc of Penal Reform: From Ancient Lawgivers to the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and through the Nineteenth Century; John D. Bessler -- 3. A Return to Hobbes: Reflections on Legal Positivism and the Point of Punishment; Margaret Martin -- 4. Is Crime Caused by Illness, Immorality, or Injustice? Theories of Punishment from 1900 to Today; Amelia M. Wirts -- Part II: Retributivism, Consequentialism, and Mixed Theories -- 5. Relational Conceptions of Retribution; Leora Dahan Katz - 6. Doubts about Retribution: Is Punishment Non-Instrumentally Good or Right?; Isaac Wiegman -- 7. Consequentialist Theories of Punishment; Hsin-Wen Lee -- 8. Rethinking Four Criticisms of Consequentialist Theories of Punishment; Christopher Bennett -- 9. In Defense of a Mixed Theory of Punishment; Matthew C. Altman -- 10. Rethinking Mixed Justifications; Leo Zaibert -- Part III: Beyond the Traditional Approaches -- 11. Expressive Theories of Punishment; Bill Wringe -- 12. Justifying Criminal Punishment as Societal-Defense; Phillip Montague -- 13. Fair Play Theories of Punishment; Göran Duus-Otterström -- 14. The Rights-Forfeiture Theory of Punishment; Whitley Kaufman -- Part IV: Punishment in the Political Context -- 15. Criminal Justice and the Liberal State; Matt Matravers -- 16. From the Philosophy of Punishment to the Philosophy of Criminal Justice; Javier Wilenmann and Vincent Chiao -- 17. Beware of Prosecutors Bearing Gifts: How the Ancient Greeks Can Help Cure Our Addiction to Excessive Punishment; Clark M. Neily III and Chris W. Surprenant -- Part V: Proportionality and Sentencing -- 18. Proportionality Collapses: The Search for an Adequate Equation for Proportionality; Stephen Kershnar -- 19. Sentencing Pluralism; Douglas Husak -- Part VI: Neuroscience, Determinism, and Free Will Skepticism -- 20. The Impact of Neuromorality on Punishment: Retribution or Rehabilitation?; Sandy Xie, Colleen M. Berryessa, and Farah Focquaert -- 21. Punishment without Blame, Shame, or Just Deserts; Bruce N. Waller -- 22. Retributivism, Free Will, and the Public Health-Quarantine Model; Gregg D. Caruso -- 23. Do Rapists Deserve Criminal Treatment?; Katrina L. Sifferd -- 24. Free Will Skepticism and Criminals as Ends in Themselves; Benjamin Vilhauer -- Part VII: Abolitionism -- 25. Against Legal Punishment; Nathan Hanna -- 26. The Abolition of Punishment; Michael Davis -- Part VIII: Forgiveness and Restoration -- 27. Punishment and Forgiveness; John Kleinig -- 28. Restorative Justice, Punishment, and the Law; Lode Walgrave -- 29. Punitive Restoration; Thom Brooks -- Part IX: Applications -- 30. Mass Incarceration as Distributive Injustice; Benjamin Ewing -- 31. Blaming Kids; Craig K. Agule -- 32. Punitive Torture; Peter Brian Barry -- 33. The Justice of Capital Punishment; Edward Feser -- 34. The Impermissibility of Execution; Benjamin S. Yost -- 35. Cruel and Unusual Punishment; Chad Flanders.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910683342303321

Autore	Ellis Anthony
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Exeter, : Imprint Academic, 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (260 p.)
Disciplina	364.601
Collana	St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs
Soggetto topico	Punishment - Philosophy
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-68973-1 1-84540-441-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Body matter; 1: Theories of Punishment; 2: Simple Desert; 3: A Just Distribution; 4: Reform; 5: Denunciation; 6: Condemnation, Penance, and Reconciliation; 7: Externalist Theories and Self-Defence; 8: Externalism: Incapacitation and Deterrence; 9: The Deterrence Theory: Ends and Means; 10: The Deterrence Theory: The Limits of Punishment; Back matter; Bibliography; Also Available from Imprint Academic and Andrews UK
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453043603321

Autore	Robinson Paul H. <1948->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	[Herndon, Virginia] : , : Potomac Books, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (361 p.)
Disciplina	340/.115
Soggetto topico	Criminal law - Philosophy Criminal justice, Administration of - Philosophy Punishment - Philosophy
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-61234-744-4 1-61234-746-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	What Is Our Nature? What Does Government Do for Us and to Us? -- Cooperation : Lepers and Pirates -- Punishment : Drop City and the Utopian Communes -- Justice : 1850's San Francisco and the California Gold Rush -- Injustice : The Batavia Shipwreck and the Attica Uprising -- Survival : The Inuits of King William Land and the Mutineers of Pitcairn Island -- Subversion : Prison Camps and Hellships -- Credibility : America' s Prohibition -- Excess : Committing Felony Murder While Asleep in Bed and Life in Prison for an Air-Conditioning Fraud -- Failure : Getting Away with Murder Beyond a Reasonable Doubt -- Collapse : Escobar's Colombia -- Taking Justice Seriously : Five Proposals -- Postscript : What Are They Doing Now?
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910461047603321