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This Handbook provides a comprehensive survey of major topics in the philosophy of punishment from many of the field's leading scholars. Key featuresPresents a history of punishment theory from ancient times to the present. Evaluates the main proposed justifications of punishment, including retributivism, general and specific deterrence theories, mixed theories, expressivism, societal-defense theory, fair play theory, rights forfeiture theory, and the public health-quarantine model. Discusses sentencing, proportionality, policing, prosecution, and the role punishment plays in the context of the state. Examines advances in neuroscience and debates about whether free will skepticism undermines the justifiability of punishment. Considers forgiveness, restorative justice, and calls to abolish punishment. Addresses pressing social issues such as mass incarceration, juvenile justice, punitive torture, the death penalty, and cruel and unusual punishment. With its unmatched bre

The Palgrave Handbook on the Philosophy of Punishment

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    Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
    Publication Date: 3/25/2024
    ISBN13: 9783031118760, 978-3031118760
    ISBN10: 3031118766

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society , Non Fiction

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    This Handbook provides a comprehensive survey of major topics in the philosophy of punishment from many of the field's leading scholars. Key featuresPresents a history of punishment theory from ancient times to the present. Evaluates the main proposed justifications of punishment, including retributivism, general and specific deterrence theories, mixed theories, expressivism, societal-defense theory, fair play theory, rights forfeiture theory, and the public health-quarantine model. Discusses sentencing, proportionality, policing, prosecution, and the role punishment plays in the context of the state. Examines advances in neuroscience and debates about whether free will skepticism undermines the justifiability of punishment. Considers forgiveness, restorative justice, and calls to abolish punishment. Addresses pressing social issues such as mass incarceration, juvenile justice, punitive torture, the death penalty, and cruel and unusual punishment. With its unmatched bre

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