The culture of vengeance and the fate of American justice / Terry Kenneth Aladjem.

Author
Aladjem, Terry Kenneth [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description
xx, 246 pages ; 24 cm

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    Subject(s)
    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.
    ISBN
    • 9780521886246 (hardback)
    • 0521886244 (hardback)
    • 9780521713863 (pbk.)
    • 0521713862 (pbk.)
    LCCN
    2007024634
    OCLC
    145732833
    Other standard number
    • 40015233207
    RCP
    C - S
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