# Rejecting Retributivism - Portail Universitaire du droit

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> Description : rejecting retributivism, free will, punishment, and criminal justice, présentation de l'éditeur within the criminal justice system, one of the most prominent ...

## Parution

*Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice*

- **ISBN** : 978-1-108-72348-0
- **Éditeur** : Cambridge University Press

## Résumé

Présentation de l'éditeur
Within the criminal justice system, one of the most prominent justifications for legal punishment is retributivism. The retributive justification of legal punishment maintains that wrongdoers are morally responsible for their actions and deserve to be punished in proportion to their wrongdoing. This book argues against retributivism and develops a viable alternative that is both ethically defensible and practical. Introducing six distinct reasons for rejecting retributivism, Gregg D. Caruso contends that it is unclear that agents possess the kind of free will and moral responsibility needed to justify this view of punishment. While a number of alternatives to retributivism exist - including consequentialist deterrence, educational, and communicative theories - they have ethical problems of their own. Moving beyond existing theories, Caruso presents a new non-retributive approach called the public health-quarantine model. In stark contrast to retributivism, the public health-quarantine model provides a more human, holistic, and effective approach to dealing with criminal behavior.
Gregg D. Caruso, State University of New York Corning Humanities and Social Sciences
 
Sommaire
1. Free will, legal punishment, and retributivism2. Free will skepticism: hard incompatibilism and hard luck3. The epistemic argument against retributivism4. Additional reasons for rejecting retributivism5. Consequentialist, educational, and mixed theories of punishment6. Public health-quarantine model I: a non-retributive approach to criminal behavior7. Public health-quarantine model II: the social determinants of health & criminal behavior8. Public health-quarantine model iii: human dignity, victims' rights, rehabilitation, and preemptive incapacitation9. Public health-quarantine model IV: funishment, deterrence, evidentiary standards, and indefinite detention


## Métadonnées

- **Catégorie** : Parutions
- **Publié** : 2021-09-27

## Tags

Criminologie, Dignité, Droit pénal et sciences criminelles, Droit privé, Droit public, Ethique, Justice, procès et procédure, Réparation, Responsabilité

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