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Subject(s)

• Prisons—United States [Browse]
• Punishment—United States [Browse]

Series

• Contributions in criminology and penology no. 43. [More in this series]
• Contributions in criminology and penology, 0732-4464 ; no. 43 [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-192) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• 1. Confronting the Critics
• 2. The Objectives of Punishment: Concepts and Theories
• 3. The Failure of Prisons: Rehabilitation, Retribution, and Social Solidarity
• 4. Positive Support for Prisons, I: Deterrence
• 5. Positive Support for Prisons, II: Incapacitation
• 6. Negative Support for Prisons: The Failure of Nonintervention.

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ISBN

0313279268 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^93015839^

OCLC

28025736

RCP

H - S

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