An Expressive Theory of Punishment

An Expressive Theory of Punishment
Author: William Wringe
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2016-01-26
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1137357126

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This book argues that punishment's function is to communicate a message about an offenders' wrongdoing to society at large. It discusses both 'paradigmatic' cases of punishment, where a state punishes its own citizens, and non-paradigmatic cases such as the punishment of corporations and the punishment of war criminals by international tribunals.