Penology, justice and liberty; are you a man or a mouse?0761829873 Penology penology Branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders. Penological studies have sought to clarify the ethical bases of punishment, along with the motives and purposes of society in inflicting it; differences throughout history and , justice and liberty; are you a man or a mouse? McEleney, James C. and Barbara Lavin McEleney. Univ. Press of America 2005 148 pages $25.00 Paperback HV9950 James (sociology and criminal justice, St. Thomas Aquinas College For other schools named after St. Thomas Aquinas, see . Saint Thomas Aquinas College is a private four-year, liberal arts college in Rockland County, New York that occupies a forty-eight acre campus. , New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) and Barbara (criminal justice and political science, Marist College Marist College is a private liberal arts college of 180 acres (72 ha), located on the east bank of the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie, New York, on US 9. The site was established in 1905, and chartered in 1946. , New York) discuss various theories and practices regarding what is done and what ought to be done with people convicted of having committed a crime. They consider free-will versus determinism (thus the man or mouse), deterrence, rehabilitation, retribution, and how to undo the disaster they see the US penal system being. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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