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The culture of vengeance and the fate of American justice / Terry Kenneth Aladjem.
Author
Aladjem, Terry Kenneth
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English
Published/Created
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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xx, 246 pages ; 24 cm
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JK1726 .A423 2008
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Subject(s)
Political culture
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United States
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Justice
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Rule of law
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United States
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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United States
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Punishment
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United States
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Revenge
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United States
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-240) and index.
Contents
Liberalism and the anger of punishment : the motivation to vengeance and myths of justice reconsidered
Violence, vengeance, and the rudiments of American theodicy
The nature of vengeance : memory, self-deception, and the movement from terror to pity
Revenge & the fallibility of the state : the problem of vengeance and democratic punishment revisited or how America should punish.
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ISBN
9780521886246 (hardback)
0521886244 (hardback)
9780521713863 (pbk.)
0521713862 (pbk.)
LCCN
2007024634
OCLC
145732833
Other standard number
40015233207
RCP
C - S
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