State Punishment

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State Punishment is written by Nicola Lacey and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 113483800X (ISBN 10) and 9781134838004 (ISBN 13).

Nicola Lacey presents a new approach to the question of the moral justification of punishment by the State. She focuses on the theory of punishments in context of other political questions, such as the nature of political obligation and the function and scope of criminal law. Arguing that no convincing set of justifying reasons has so far been produced, she puts forward a theory of punishments which places the values of the community at its centre.