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Why Punish? How Much? A Reader on Punishment

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ISBN-10: 0195328868

ISBN-13: 9780195328868

Edition: 2010

Authors: Michael Tonry

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Punishment is a complex human institution. It has normative, political, social, psychological, and legal dimensions, and ways of thinking about each of them change over time. For this reader on punishment, Michael Tonry, a leading authority in the field, has composed a comprehensive collection of 28 essays ranging from classic and contemporary writings on normative theories by philosophers and penal theorists to writings on restorative justice, on how people think about punishment, and on social theories about the functions punishment performs in human societies. This volume includes an accessible, non-technical introduction on the development of punishment theory, as well as an…    
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Book details

List price: $72.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/7/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 7.13" wide x 9.96" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 2.024
Language: English