Punishment Response

By Graeme R. Newman

Book Overview

Punishment occupies a central place in our lives and attitudes. We suffer a profound ambivalence about its moral consequences. Persons who have been punished or are liable to be punished have long... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0911577025
• ISBN13: 9780911577020
• Release Date: September 1985
• Publisher: Harrow & Heston
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

The Truth on The Punishment Response

Graeme places the concept of punishment within a historical context in order to illustrate his retributive justification for punishment. Unlike many other academics of punishment theory, this author has a rather interesting and broad conceptualization of punishment which provides the basis for his arguement (I am not going to tell you what it is; Read it for yourself!) His psychoanalytic viewpoints make for insightful assertions that many intellectuals neglect to illustrate in their works. All and all, this book proved to be a highly readable and informative product of first class scholorship.