Penology, justice and liberty
Subtitle: are you a man or a mouse?
By: James C. McEleney, Barbara Lavin McEleney.
Contributors: McEleney, Barbara Lavin, 1943-
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Punishment.; Prisons.; Judgments, Criminal.
Description: Attempts to understand how we have arrived at our policies on penology and justice and our problem of living with one another.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Are you a man or a mouse?; title: Do what you are told or else : reflections on deterrence; title: The doctor will cure you : reflections on rehabilitation; title: It is all a matter of choice or is it? : reflections on retribution; title: Rewind and fast forward : where do we go from here?