Punishment, Danger and Stigma

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Retributive punishment, or protecting society from danger, or applying the community's stigma of disapprobation? What should be a judge's aim in sentencing an offender? In this thought-provoking book Prof. Walker explores this and other important moralquestions posed by modern systems of law enforcement. A surprisingly insightful book. * Contemporary Philosophy * Retributive punishment, or protecting society from danger, or applying the community's stigma of disapprobation? What should be a judge's aim in sentencing an offender? In this thought-provoking book Prof. Walker explores this and other important moral questions posed by modern systems of law enforcement. A surprisingly insightful book. * Contemporary Philosophy *