Criminal punishment and its justification from an interdisciplinary perspective
Penal punishment implies using the force of the State to harm someone. In the case of prisons, not only does it mean depriving a person of her freedom, but also implies a violent and degrading act, not just for the offender, but also for her family. How can we, as a society, justify penal punishment...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de México |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/30253 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rfdm/article/view/30253 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Penal punishment Purpose of punishment Prisons Crime control Justification of punishment Castigo penal Finalidad de la pena Cárceles Control del crimen Justificación del castigo |
| Sumario: | Penal punishment implies using the force of the State to harm someone. In the case of prisons, not only does it mean depriving a person of her freedom, but also implies a violent and degrading act, not just for the offender, but also for her family. How can we, as a society, justify penal punishment? This article raises the question of whether criminal punishment (particularly the use of prisons) can meet the goals that Consecuentialist and Retributive theories of criminal punishment offer as justifications for the use of criminal punishment. |
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