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| ISBN: | 9780511424380
0511424388
0521880726
9780511422744
9780521880725
9780521174008
0521174007
9780511487477
0511487479
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Christopher Bennett presents a theory of punishment grounded in the practice of apology, and in particular in reactions such as feeling sorry and making amends. He argues that offenders have a 'right to be punished' - that it is part of taking an offender seriously as a member of a normatively demanding relationship (such as friendship or collegiality or citizenship) that she is subject to retributive attitudes when she violates the demands of that relationship. However, while he claims that punishment and the retributive attitudes are the necessary expression of moral condemnation, his account of these reactions has more in common with restorative justice than traditional retributivism. He argues that the most appropriate way to react to crime is to require the offender to make proportionate amends. His book is a rich and intriguing contribution to the debate over punishment and restorative justice.
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| Other form: | Print version: Bennett, Christopher, 1972- Apology ritual. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521880725 0521880726
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