Theories of punishment are of central importance to our understanding of notions like "justice" and "law". Why we punish, who we punish, and how we punish, are among the most controversial and theoretically challenging questions faced by scholars and students of law, criminology and philosophy. In this collection, two of the leading experts in the field present a series of key readings on theories of punishment in modern society. The collection is prefaced by an introduction in which the editors identify practical and theoretical problems, and demonstrate how legal theories of punishment can only be understood with reference to their wider social and cultural contexts.
- ISBN10 0198763522
- ISBN13 9780198763529
- Publish Date 1 December 1994
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 19 January 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 357
- Language English