Limits to pain
Limits to pain by Nils Christie
English | 1982 | ISBN: 0855204753 | 121 Pages | PDF | 15.7 MB
English | 1982 | ISBN: 0855204753 | 121 Pages | PDF | 15.7 MB
The reasoning is as follows: imposing punishment within the institution of law means the inflicting of pain, intended as pain. This is an activity which often comes in dissonance to esteemed values such as kindness and forgiveness. To reconcile these incompatibilities, attempts are sometimes made to hide the basic character of punishment. In cases where hiding is not possible, all sorts of reasons for intentional infliction of pain are given. One major effort in what follows is to describe, expose, and evaluate major features of these attempts, and to relate them to general social conditions.