Crimes of punishment

by Dorpat, Theodore L.
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Published by : Algora Pub., (New York :) Physical details: xvi, 290 p. Year: 2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-276) and index.

A psychoanalytic perspective on the effects of punishment -- Punishment and the cycle of violence -- The effects of corporal punishment on children -- Punishments and perils in today's prisons -- Prisons are "factories of crime" -- The scapegoating of prisoners -- The process of criminalization of prisoners--a relational perspective -- The limitations of prison reform --

Arguments for and against the death penalty -- Is there a moral justification for punishment? -- Does incarceration deter the offender from committing further crimes? -- Notes on relationships between religion, nonviolence, and punishment -- Why incarcerate women? -- Emotional abuse -- Social systems of domination and punishment -- The sociopathology of the prison system --

Crimes of the poor and crimes of the rich--a comparison -- A nonviolent approach to communicating and relating to others -- On the effectiveness of nonviolent approaches in groups -- Restorative justice--a new form of nonpunitive justice social injustice -- Domestic abuse--a comparison between the retributive justice and restorative justice approaches -- Restorative justice and retributive justice--a comparison.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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