Crimes of Punishment

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Crimes of Punishment is written by Theodore L. Dorpat and published by Algora Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 087586564X (ISBN 10) and 9780875865645 (ISBN 13).

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.