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retributive justice |
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See: condemnation, conviction, correction, discipline, finding of guilt, penalty, punishment, reprisal, retribution How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Primary readings include works by Angela Davis (2003), David Cole (2000), Michel Foucault (1977), Loic Wacquant (2005), and a host of philosophers involved in debates regarding the strengths and weaknesses of theories including retributivism, deterrence, and rehabilitation (Murphy 1994). And equally, if not more important, the advocates of unmerciful retributivism have crafted a policy that unintentionally results in a multitude of new victims of crime perpetrated by parolees who have changed from bad to worse. |
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