The injustice of punishment. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Bruce N. Waller.
• Authors: Waller, Bruce N, 1946-
• Contents: Beyond the moral responsibility system -- The unjust necessity of punishment -- Tychonic moral responsibility -- The strike-back roots of retributive justice -- A just world, moral responsibility, and the justice of punishment -- Does denying moral responsibility threaten dignity, rights, and innocence? -- Empirical examination of moral responsibility -- How does belief in moral responsibility undermine personal dignity? -- Efforts to make punishment just -- Is therapy an alternative? -- The no-blame system model -- No limits on no-blame -- A universal no-blame system.
• Publisher Details: New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 174/.3; Punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Moral and ethical aspects; Social justice; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Moral and ethical aspects; Punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects; Social justice
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351378246; 1351378244
• Related ISBNs: 9781138506398; 1138506397
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.