Crimes of punishment America's culture of violence /

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Hoofdauteur: Dorpat, Theodore L.
Coauteur: ebrary, Inc
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: New York : Algora Pub., c2007.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • 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.