Case Against Punishment Retribution, Crime Prevention, and the Law

Name: Case Against Punishment Retribution, Crime Prevention, and the Law
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ISBN: 9780814731840

ISBN-10: 0814731848

ISBN-13: 9780814731840

Edition: 2006

Authors: Deirdre Golash

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A work of sweeping vision and profound insight. --Robert Johnson, author of Hard Time: Understanding and Reforming the Prison"A book that can spur good discussion and stimulate critical thinking." --Law and Politics Book Review"Philosophers of law too often assume that criminal punishment is of course justified and then argue over exactly what is the best justification for the practice--utilitarian deterrence, retribution, moral education, etc. It is important that this shared assumption be challenged and that serious consideration be given to the possibility that criminal punishment may not be justified at all. Although Professor Golash has by no means persuaded me that all criminal…

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List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 10/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 220
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Deirdre Golash is associate professor in the Department of Justice, Law, and Society at American University in Washington, DC.




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