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1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Contents |
A 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 |
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Arguments 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 |
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Crimes 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 |
| Summary |
This groundbreaking book by an award-winning psychoanalyst and forensic psychiatrist presents a comprehensive exploration of a timely but often taboo topic: the failure of punishment to deter crime and violence, an issue that affects us both individually and as a culture. Written at the culmination of the author s fifty-year career as a psychoanalyst, forensic psychologist and scholar, this wide-ranging work identifies the origins of violence and investigates the surprising consequences of punishment from a multitude of perspectives. In his treatment of the topic, Dr. Dorpat utilizes scienti |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Criminal psychology.
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Punishment (Psychology)
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Imprisonment -- Psychological aspects
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Behavior therapy.
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Violence -- United States
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Criminal Psychology -- methods
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Punishment -- psychology
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Behavior Therapy
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Behavior Therapy -- methods
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Prisoners -- psychology
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Prisons -- organization & administration
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Violence -- psychology
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Behavior therapy
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Criminal psychology
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Imprisonment -- Psychological aspects
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Punishment (Psychology)
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Violence
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007008027 |
| ISBN |
9780875865652 |
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0875865658 |
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1281398322 |
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9781281398321 |
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0875865631 |
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9780875865638 |
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087586564X |
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9780875865645 |
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9786611398323 |
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6611398325 |
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