{"product_id":"the-punishers-brain-morris-b-hoffman-9781107038066","title":"The Punisher's Brain: The Evolution of Judge and Jury","description":"Why do we punish, and why do we forgive? Are these learned behaviors, or is there something deeper going on? This book argues that there is indeed something deeper going on, and that our essential response to the killers, rapists, and other wrongdoers among us has been programmed into our brains by evolution. Using evidence and arguments from neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Morris B. Hoffman traces the development of our innate drives to punish - and to forgive - throughout human history. He describes how, over time, these innate drives became codified into our present legal systems and how the responsibility and authority to punish and forgive was delegated to one person - the judge - or a subset of the group - the jury. Hoffman shows how these urges inform our most deeply held legal principles and how they might animate some legal reforms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Morris B. Hoffman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1107038065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781107038066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2014 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/09\/2014 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/26\/2014 pg. 13","brand":"Morris B. Hoffman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43980845809919,"sku":"9781107038066","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_137b7836-8ea8-4b6e-b2c0-60d991d7c311.jpg?v=1683252222","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-punishers-brain-morris-b-hoffman-9781107038066","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}