Punishment

Michael Tonry

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195395082.013.0004

Punishment

Michael Tonry

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Abstract

This article discusses important ways of thinking about punishment. Section I discusses the history and recent past of work by philosophers and legal theorists. Section II surveys major works by social theorists, and Section III sketches work by political scientists on the day-to-day workings of criminal courts. The conclusion discusses a number of difficult issues concerning punishment that implicate all of the different ways of thinking about it.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Oxford Handbook of Crime and Criminal Justice
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199940257
ISBN (Print)	9780195395082
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195395082.013.0004
State	Published - Sep 18 2012

Keywords

Crime
Criminal courts
Legal theory
Philosophers
Political scientists
Social theory

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