An Expressive Theory of Punishment

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An Expressive Theory of Punishment
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First edition
AuthorBill Wringe
Subject Denunciation (penology)
Published2016
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Pages188 pp.
ISBN 978-1-137-35712-0

An Expressive Theory of Punishment is a 2016 book by Bill Wringe, in which the author tries to develop and argue for what he refers to as a "denunciatory theory" of punishment. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Lee, Ambrose Y. K. (1 April 2017). "An Expressive Theory of Punishment". The Philosophical Quarterly. 67 (267): 418–421. doi:10.1093/pq/pqw031. ISSN   0031-8094.
  2. Sifferd, Katrina (2016). "Wringe, Bill. An Expressive Theory of Punishment". Ethics. 127 (1): 319–323. doi:10.1086/687350.