Rethinking Punishment in the Era of Mass Incarceration -

Rethinking Punishment in the Era of Mass Incarceration

Chris Surprenant (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-88931-9 (ISBN)
49,85 inkl. MwSt
This book offers a philosophical examination of incarceration as a form of punishment. A diverse group of contributors engages with research in criminology, economics, law, and sociology to help contextualize the philosophical issues.
One of the most important problems faced by the United States is addressing its broken criminal justice system. This collection of essays offers a thorough examination of incarceration as a form of punishment. In addition to focusing on the philosophical aspects related to punishment, the volume’s diverse group of contributors provides additional background in criminology, economics, law, and sociology to help contextualize the philosophical issues. The first group of essays addresses whether or not our current institutions connected with punishment and incarceration are justified in a liberal society. The next set of chapters explores the negative effects of incarceration as a form of punishment, including its impact on children and families. The volume then describes how we arrived at our current situation in the United States, focusing on questions related to how we view prisons and prisoners, policing for profit, and the motivations of prosecutors in trying to secure convictions. Finally, Rethinking Punishment in the Era of Mass Incarceration examines specific policy alternatives that might offer solutions to our current approach to punishment and incarceration.

Chris W. Surprenant is Associate Professor in Philosophy and Director of the Alexis de Tocqueville Project in Law, Liberty, and Morality at the University of New Orleans, USA. He is the author of Kant and the Cultivation of Virtue (Routledge 2014), co-editor of Kant and the Scottish Enlightenment (Routledge 2017) and Kant and Education: Interpretations and Commentary (Routledge 2011), and has written numerous articles on various aspects of Kant’s moral and political philosophy.

Introduction – Why do we punish?

Chris W. Surprenant



Chapter 1 – The Problem of Punishment

John Hasnas



Chapter 2 – Unconscionable Punishment

Michael Huemer



Chapter 3 – The Coproduction of Justice

Nathan Goodman



Chapter 4 – The Certainty of Punishment and the Proportionality of Incarceration

Chris Barker



Chapter 5 – Imprisonment and the Right to Freedom of Movement

Robert Hughes



Chapter 6 – Are there Expressive Restraints on Incarceration?

Bill Wringe



Chapter 7 – Punishment, Restitution, and Incarceration

David Boonin



Chapter 8 – Communicative Theories of Punishment and the Impact of Apology

Eddy Nahmias and Eyal Aharoni



Chapter 9 – A Reparative Approach to Parole-Release Decisions

Kristen Bell



Chapter 10 – Restorative Justice in High Schools: A Roadmap to Transforming Prisons

Johanna Luttrell



Chapter 11 - Reforming Youth Incarceration in the United States

Cara Drinan



Chapter 12 – Policing for "Profit": The Political Economy of Private Prisons and Asset Forfeiture

Abigail R. Hall and Veronica Mercier



Chapter 13 – Why Paternalists and Social Welfarists Should Oppose Criminal Drug Laws

Andrew Cohen and Bill Glod



Chapter 14 – The Need for Prosecutorial Guidelines

John Pfaff



Chapter 15 – Prison Tunnel Vision

Joshua Dohmen



Chapter 16 – Exile as an Alternative to Incarceration

Briana McGinnis



Chapter 17 – Corporal Punishment as an Alternative to Incarceration

Jason Brennan



Chapter 18 – The Potentials and

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Strafverfahrensrecht
ISBN-10 0-367-88931-5 / 0367889315
ISBN-13 978-0-367-88931-9 / 9780367889319
Zustand Neuware
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