MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02249cam a22003374a 4500
001 2007008027
003 DLC
005 20110210082125.0
008 070226s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007008027
020 $a9780875865638 (trade paper : alk. paper)
020 $a9780875865645 (hard cover : alk. paper)
035 $a(DNLM)101300189
040 $aDNLM/DLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aHV6080$b.D64 2007
082 00 $a364.973$222
100 1 $aDorpat, Theodore L.
245 10 $aCrimes of punishment :$bAmerica's culture of violence /$cTheodore L. Dorpat.
260 $aNew York :$bAlgora Pub.,$cc2007.
300 $axvi, 290 p.$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 263-276) and index.
505 0 $aA psychoanalytic perspective on the effects of punishment -- Punishment and the cycle of violence -- The effects of corporal punishment on children -- Punishments and perils in today's prisons -- Prisons are "factories of crime" -- The scapegoating of prisoners -- The process of criminalization of prisoners--a relational perspective -- The limitations of prison reform --
505 0 $aArguments for and against the death penalty -- Is there a moral justification for punishment? -- Does incarceration deter the offender from committing further crimes? -- Notes on relationships between religion, nonviolence, and punishment -- Why incarcerate women? -- Emotional abuse -- Social systems of domination and punishment -- The sociopathology of the prison system --
505 0 $aCrimes of the poor and crimes of the rich--a comparison -- A nonviolent approach to communicating and relating to others -- On the effectiveness of nonviolent approaches in groups -- Restorative justice--a new form of nonpunitive justice social injustice -- Domestic abuse--a comparison between the retributive justice and restorative justice approaches -- Restorative justice and retributive justice--a comparison.
650 0 $aCriminal psychology.
650 0 $aPunishment (Psychology)
650 0 $aImprisonment$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aBehavior therapy.
650 0 $aViolence$zUnited States.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007008027.html