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Rethinking imprisonment /

Lippke draws upon philosophical arguments, criminological evidence, and legal literature on prisoners' rights and sentencing to explore the restrictions and deprivations that can be legitimately imposed on serious offenders in the name of punishment.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lippke, Richard L., 1954-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice.
Subjects:
Imprisonment.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Emprisonnement.
Justice pénale > Administration.
imprisonment.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Imprisonment
Straffen.
Gevangenisstraf.
Penologie.
Freiheitsstrafe > Vergeltung > Normative Ethik.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Lippke draws upon philosophical arguments, criminological evidence, and legal literature on prisoners' rights and sentencing to explore the restrictions and deprivations that can be legitimately imposed on serious offenders in the name of punishment.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-273) and index.
ISBN:9780191695766
0191695769