Rethinking imprisonment /
Lippke, Richard L.Author
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
c2007.
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 Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Censuring equalization retributivism -- The case for retributive sentencing -- Imprisonable offenses -- B-level analysis -- Minimum and extreme conditions of confinement -- Initial challenges to prisoners' rights -- Work, welfare, and responsibility -- In defense of more permeable prisons -- Retained civil rights -- Access to recreation and entertainment -- Privatization, abolition, or reform.
Imprisonment
Criminal justice, Administration of
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency