While the philosophy of punishment is dominated by utilitarian and "mixed" theories, this study, written in the analytic tradition but also drawing on the views

The problem of justifying legal punishment has been at the heart of legal and social philosophy from the very earliest recorded philosophical texts. However, de

This book addresses the problem of justifying the institution of criminal punishment. It examines the “paradox of retribution”: the fact that we cannot seem

This book argues for a mixed theory of legal punishment that treats both crime reduction and retribution as important aims of the state. A central question in t

Caruso argues against retributivism and develops an alternative for addressing criminal behavior that is ethically defensible and practical.