Rethinking Criminal Justice
punishment, abolition and moral psychology
$211.05
- Hardcover
346 pages
- Release Date
5 June 2025
Summary
Rethinking Justice: From Punishment to Reconciliation
For 200 years, the penal equation ‘crime plus blame equals punishment’ has resulted in prison crises, a persistent crime problem, and lives marked by violence and damage. The retributive theory of punishment underpins this system, but when fully developed, it holds the potential for transformation.
This book introduces a moral psychology of violation, distinguishing between primitive and mature retributivism. It explains …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781108478878 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1108478875 |
| Series: | Law in Context |
| Author: | Alan Norrie |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 346 |
| Release Date: | 5 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
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About The Author
Alan Norrie
Alan Norrie is Professor of Law and former Head of Warwick Law School. He is Fellow of the British Academy and the author of Crime, Reason and History in the Cambridge Law in Context series, among many books and articles.
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