{"product_id":"punishment-mark-tunick-9780520077379","title":"Punishment: Theory \u0026 Practice","description":"What actions should be punished? Should plea-bargaining be allowed? How should sentencing be determined? In this original, penetrating study, Mark Tunick explores not only why society punishes wrongdoing, but also how it implements punishment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContending that the theory and practice of punishment are inherently linked, Tunick draws on a broad range of thinkers, from the radical criticisms of Nietzsche, Foucault, and some Marxist theorists through the sociological theories of Durkheim and Girard to various philosophical traditions and the \"law and economics\" movement. He defends punishment against its radical critics and offers a version of retribution, distinct from revenge, that holds that we punish not to deter or reform, but to mete out just deserts, vindicate right, and express society's righteous anger. Demonstrating first how this theory best accounts for how punishment is carried out, he then provides \"immanent criticism\" of certain features of our practice that don't accord with the retributive principle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThought-provoking and deftly argued, \u003ci\u003ePunishment\u003c\/i\u003e will garner attention and spark debate among political theorists, philosophers, legal scholars, sociologists, and criminologists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Tunick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520077377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520077379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.11w x 0.70d","brand":"Mark Tunick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46094091124991,"sku":"9780520077379","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8086b5fe-a785-4a30-88fe-2b20f6cfa688.jpg?v=1724843658","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/punishment-mark-tunick-9780520077379","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}