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Rethinking punishment : challenging conventions in research and policy
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Title
Rethinking punishment : challenging conventions in research and policy / Karol M. Lucken.
ISBN
9781138891197
1138891193
9781138891203
1138891207
9781315709789
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Physical Description
viii, 165 pages ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 16, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Justifying punishment : a moral & economic defense of policy
Defining punishment : the essential attributes of penal activity
Measuring punishment : the scope & severity of penal activity
Evaluating punishment : "what works" and the pursuit of effectiveness
Prescribing punishment : alternative directions in research & policy
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