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The Palgrave Handbook on the Philosophy of Punishment

The Palgrave Handbook on the Philosophy of Punishment

Author: Matthew C. Altman
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9783031118739
Published In: March 2023
Format: Hardback
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This Handbook provides a comprehensive survey of major topics in the philosophy of punishment from many of the field's leading scholars.

Key features:

Presents a history of punishment theory from ancient times to the present
Evaluates the main proposed justifications of punishment, including retributivism, general and specific deterrence theories, mixed theories, expressivism, societal-defense theory, fair play theory, rights forfeiture theory, and the public health-quarantine model
Discusses sentencing, proportionality, policing, prosecution, and the role punishment plays in the context of the state
Examines advances in neuroscience and debates about whether free will skepticism undermines the justifiability of punishment
Considers forgiveness, restorative justice, and calls to abolish punishment
Addresses pressing social issues such as mass incarceration, juvenile justice, punitive torture, the death penalty, and "cruel and unusual" punishment

With its unmatched breadth and depth, this book is essential reading for scholars who want to keep abreast of the field and for advanced students wishing to explore the frontiers of the subject.

1. Introduction: Punishment, Its Meaning and Justification; Matthew C. Altman

Part I: Philosophic History of Punishment Theory

2. The Philosophy of Punishment and the Arc of Penal Reform: From Ancient Lawgivers to the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and through the Nineteenth Century; John D. Bessler

3. A Return to Hobbes: Reflections on Legal Positivism and the Point of Punishment; Margaret Martin

4. Is Crime Caused by Illness, Immorality, or Injustice? Theories of Punishment from 1900 to Today; Amelia M. Wirts

Part II: Retributivism, Consequentialism, and Mixed Theories

5. Relational Conceptions of Retribution; Leora Dahan Katz

6. Doubts about Retribution: Is Punishment Non-Instrumentally Good or Right?; Isaac Wiegman

7. Consequentialist Theories of Punishment; Hsin-Wen Lee

8. Rethinking Four Criticisms of Consequentialist Theories of Punishment; Christopher Bennett

9. In Defense of a Mixed Theory of Punishment; Matthew C. Altman

10. Rethinking Mixed Justifications; Leo Zaibert

Part III: Beyond the Traditional Approaches

11. Expressive Theories of Punishment; Bill Wringe

12. Justifying Criminal Punishment as Societal-Defense; Phillip Montague

13. Fair Play Theories of Punishment; Goeran Duus-Otterstroem

14. The Rights-Forfeiture Theory of Punishment; Whitley Kaufman

Part IV: Punishment in the Political Context

15. Criminal Justice and the Liberal State; Matt Matravers

16. From the Philosophy of Punishment to the Philosophy of Criminal Justice; Javier Wilenmann and Vincent Chiao

17. Beware of Prosecutors Bearing Gifts: How the Ancient Greeks Can Help Cure Our Addiction to Excessive Punishment; Clark M. Neily III and Chris W. Surprenant

Part V: Proportionality and Sentencing

18. Proportionality Collapses: The Search for an Adequate Equation for Proportionality; Stephen Kershnar

19. Sentencing Pluralism; Douglas Husak

Part VI: Neuroscience, Determinism, and Free Will Skepticism

20. The Impact of Neuromorality on Punishment: Retribution or Rehabilitation?; Sandy Xie, Colleen M. Berryessa, and Farah Focquaert

21. Punishment without Blame, Shame, or Just Deserts; Bruce N. Waller

22. Retributivism, Free Will, and the Public Health-Quarantine Model; Gregg D. Caruso

23. Do Rapists Deserve Criminal Treatment?; Katrina L. Sifferd

24. Free Will Skepticism and Criminals as Ends in Themselves; Benjamin Vilhauer

Part VII: Abolitionism

25. Against Legal Punishment; Nathan Hanna.- 26. The Abolition of Punishment; Michael Davis

Part VIII: Forgiveness and Restoration