NCJ Number
31927
Editor(s)
M GOLDINGER
Date Published
1974
Length
164 pages
Annotation
A COLLECTION OF SEVEN PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS WHICH EXAMINE VARIOUS THEORIES OF PUNISHMENT AND THE EMPIRICAL DATA AND MORAL PRINCIPLES WHICH ARE USED IN THEIR SUPPORT.
Abstract
AMONG THE SPECIFIC AREAS EXPLORED IN THESE SELECTIONS ARE WHETHER OR NOT REHABILITATION IS A PROPER GOAL OF PENOLOGY, THE RELATIONSHIP OF MENTAL DISEASE AND DELINQUENCY, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PRINCIPLE OF MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PUNISHMENT, CONCEPTS OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY, PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS WHO COMMIT WRONGS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE MORALLY BOUND SO TO ACT, AND THE NATURE AND JUSTIFICATION OF PUNISHMENT.