Rethinking Punishment in the Era of Mass Incarceration

ISBN-13: 9780367889319 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 336 str.

Chris Surprenant

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.