How Long to Read Theorizing Legal Punishment

How Long Does it Take to Read Theorizing Legal Punishment?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 28 minutes to read Theorizing Legal Punishment by Richard L. Lippke

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book systematically defends an account of the institution of legal punishment that draws on both retributive and crime-prevention thinking. The work argues that legal punishment censures convicted offenders and thus morally communicates with them, any victims, and the broader community, while also serving to reduce future crime. The expressive or retributive element is assigned the lead role in this mixed account because it better captures the notion that members of society are to be held morally accountable for their failures to abide by defensible criminal prohibitions of various kinds. Despite this, it is conceded that the reduction of crime plays a vital role in justifying the institution of legal punishment and the book contains extended discussion of how and why this is so. Beyond its explication of the aims of legal punishment and their respective roles within a mixed theory, the study devotes separate chapters to sentencing, criminal procedure, and the imposition of fees and collateral legal consequences on individuals who have been convicted of crimes and fully served their sentences. In these ways, the work moves beyond discussion of the abstract aims of legal punishment to details of the institution’s internal structure and operations. The many historical deficiencies and failures of the institution are duly noted and the challenges they pose for punishment theorizing are examined. The book closes with discussion of the limited success of punishment institutions in apprehending, convicting, and punishing those who violate the law, including many who do so in serious ways. Alternatives to reliance on legal punishment institutions are briefly examined. In the end, retention of such institutions is urged although it is suggested that we ought to have modest expectations about their ultimate success. The work will be of interest to those working in the areas of Legal Philosophy and Criminology.

How long is Theorizing Legal Punishment?

Theorizing Legal Punishment by Richard L. Lippke is 259 pages long, and a total of 67,081 words.

This makes it 87% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Theorizing Legal Punishment Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 6 minutes to read Theorizing Legal Punishment aloud.

What Reading Level is Theorizing Legal Punishment?

Theorizing Legal Punishment is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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