A Reader on Punishment

by Duff, R. A.; Garland, David

• ISBN13: 9780198763529
• ISBN10: 0198763522
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-03-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Why we punish, who we punish and how we punish are central elements of any discussion of the role of law in modern society.In this impressive and timely collection, two leading experts on the theory of punishment have selected a range of articles which have made important and influential contributions to the ways in which punishment is understood in contemporary society. The collection is introduced by a lengthy andoriginal discussion of the key concepts of punishment, and each article is prefaced by a short introduction setting out the issues to be discussed.Throughout the book the aim of the editors is to demonstrate how complex the concept of punishment is, and to illustrate how an understanding of punishment is vitally important for students of law and society.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Thinking about Punishment	1	(43)
R. A. Duff
D. Garland
Marxism and Retribution	44	(27)
J. G. Murphy
From Philosophy and Public Affairs, 2 (1973), 217-43.
J. G. Murphy
The Expressive Function of Punishment	71	(21)
J. Feinberg
Doing and Deserving (1970), 95-118
J. Feinberg
A Paternalistic Theory of Punishment	92	(20)
H. Morris
From American Philosophical Quarterly, 18 (1981), 263-71
Censure and Proportionality	112	(21)
A Von Hirsch
Censure and Sanctions (1993), 6-19
A Von Hirsch
Proportionality, Parsimony, and Interchangeability of Punishments	133	(28)
M. Tonry
Penal Theory and Practice (1994), 59-84
R. A. Duff
`Making the Punishment Fit the Crime: A Consumer's Guide to Sentencing Reform	161	(13)
F. Zimring
The Pursuit of Criminal Justice (1984), 267-75
G. Hawkins
F. Zimring
`Penalties and Opportunities'	174	(36)
J. Q. Wilson
Thinking about Crime (1983), 117-44.
J. Q. Wilson
`Reductivism and Deterrence'	210	(8)
N. Walker
Punishment, Danger and Stigma (1980), 26-7, 65-6, 80-5
N. Walker
`General Prevention as Communication'	218	(20)
T. Mathiesen
Prison on Trial (1990), 58-73.
T. Mathiesen
` ``Dangerousness'' and Incapacitation'	238	(23)
N. Morris
From Record of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 39 (1982), 102-28
`The Concept of Punishment'	261	(20)
P. Hirst
Law, Socialism and Democracy (1986), 142-59
P. Hirst
`Beyond Punishment'	281	(25)
E. Rotman
Beyond Punishment (1990), 1-19
E. Rotman
`Crime, Inequality, and Sentencing'
P. Carlen	306	(27)
Paying for Crime (1989), 8-28
P. Carlen
D. Cook
`Abolition: Assensus and Sanctuary'	333
H. Bianchi
Abolitionism: Towards a Non-Repressive Approach to Crime (1986), 113-26
H. Bianchi
R. van Swaaningen