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1002882
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b757252
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Dorpat, Theodore L.
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| Title & Author
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Crimes of punishment : : America's culture of violence /\ Theodore L. Dorpat.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Algora Pub.,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (1 volume)
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0875865631
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: 087586564X
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: 0875865658
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: 1281398322
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: 9780875865638
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: 9780875865645
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: 9780875865652
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: 9781281398321
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9780875865638
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9780875865645
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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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-- United States.
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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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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Criminology.
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Violence.
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Criminal Psychology-- methods.
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Punishment-- psychology.
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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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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.973
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| LC Classification
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HV6080.D64 2007eb
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| NLM classification
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HV 6080D715c 2007
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