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Paperback Limits to Pain: The Role of Punishment in Penal Policy Book

ISBN: 1556355971

ISBN13: 9781556355974

Limits to Pain: The Role of Punishment in Penal Policy

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Inflicting pain is a serious matter, often at variance with cherished values such as kindness and forgiveness. Attempts might therefore be made to hide the basic character of the activity, or to give various scientific reasons for inflicting pain. Such attempts are systematically described in this book, and related to social conditions. None of these attempts to cope with pain seem to be quite satisfactory. It is as if societies in their struggle...

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