Rethinking Punishment in the Era of Mass Incarceration

Herausgeber: Surprenant, Chris

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a philosophical examination of incarceration as a form of punishment. A diverse group of contributors engages with research in criminology, economics, law, and sociology to help contextualize the philosophical issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9781138047792
• ISBN-10: 1138047791
• Artikelnr.: 48734308

Autorenporträt

Chris W. Surprenant is Associate Professor in Philosophy and Director of the Alexis de Tocqueville Project in Law, Liberty, and Morality at the University of New Orleans, USA. He is the author of Kant and the Cultivation of Virtue (Routledge 2014), co-editor of Kant and the Scottish Enlightenment (Routledge 2017) and Kant and Education: Interpretations and Commentary (Routledge 2011), and has written numerous articles on various aspects of Kant's moral and political philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Why do we punish?
Chris W. Surprenant
Chapter 1 - The Problem of Punishment
John Hasnas
Chapter 2 - Unconscionable Punishment
Michael Huemer
Chapter 3 - The Coproduction of Justice
Nathan Goodman
Chapter 4 - The Certainty of Punishment and the Proportionality of
Incarceration
Chris Barker
Chapter 5 - Imprisonment and the Right to Freedom of Movement
Robert Hughes
Chapter 6 - Are there Expressive Restraints on Incarceration?
Bill Wringe
Chapter 7 - Punishment, Restitution, and Incarceration
David Boonin
Chapter 8 - Communicative Theories of Punishment and the Impact of Apology
Eddy Nahmias and Eyal Aharoni
Chapter 9 - A Reparative Approach to Parole-Release Decisions
Kristen Bell
Chapter 10 - Restorative Justice in High Schools: A Roadmap to Transforming
Prisons
Johanna Luttrell
Chapter 11 - Reforming Youth Incarceration in the United States
Cara Drinan
Chapter 12 - Policing for "Profit": The Political Economy of Private
Prisons and Asset Forfeiture
Abigail R. Hall and Veronica Mercier
Chapter 13 - Why Paternalists and Social Welfarists Should Oppose Criminal
Drug Laws
Andrew Cohen and Bill Glod
Chapter 14 - The Need for Prosecutorial Guidelines
John Pfaff
Chapter 15 - Prison Tunnel Vision
Joshua Dohmen
Chapter 16 - Exile as an Alternative to Incarceration
Briana McGinnis
Chapter 17 - Corporal Punishment as an Alternative to Incarceration
Jason Brennan
Chapter 18 - The Potentials and Limits of De-Incarceration
Daniel D'Amico