What actions ought to be punished? Should plea-bargaining be allowed? How ought to sentencing be determined? On this original, penetrating research, Mark Tunick explores not only why society punishes wrongdoing, but also the way it implements punishment.
Contending that the speculation and practice of punishment are inherently linked, Tunick attracts on a broad range of thinkers, from the novel criticisms of Nietzsche, Foucault, and a few Marxist theorists by way of the sociological theories of Durkheim and Girard to varied philosophical traditions and the "legislation and economics" movement. He defends punishment against its radical critics and presents a model of retribution, distinct from revenge, that holds that we punish not to deter or reform, however to mete out just deserts, vindicate proper, and categorical society's righteous anger. Demonstrating first how this idea finest accounts for how punishment is carried out, he then supplies "immanent criticism" of sure options of our apply that don't accord with the retributive principle.
Thought-provoking and deftly argued, Punishment will garner consideration and spark debate amongst political theorists, philosophers, legal students, sociologists, and criminologists.
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